Thousands of Delta Airlines employees have been inoculated against COVID-19 in the two weeks since the company announced a $ 200 monthly health insurance surcharge for the unvaccinated, according to a report.
Last month, Delta CEO Ed Bastian said employees who were not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus on Nov. 1 would have to pay the extra mass.
At the time, there were about 20,000 unpunched Delta workers, according to the company’s chief health officer, Dr. Henry Ting, who spoke this week to the Infectious Diseases Society of America, WGN9 Chicago reported.
“Just within two weeks of the announcement, we’ve seen nearly 20 percent, or one-fifth, of those 20,000 decide to get the vaccine,” Ting told IDS, rating the increase to about 4,000. of a “large number.”
The company also said it would hire only fully vaccinated flight attendants.
