Gottlieb says federal vaccine mandate could “discourage some vaccinations”

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Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Sunday the new federal vaccine mandate announced by President BidenJoe Biden The FBI releases the first document of 9/11 after Biden’s executive ordered the transfer of Afghan pilots to the U.S. base after fleeing to Uzbekistan: WSJ’s NATO chief says l alliance signed the withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan MORE could “discourage any vaccine” in the short term.

“In the short term, many companies that could have the required vaccines will now be left in your hands and say, I will wait for OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] to tell me how to do it and give me more political coverage, ”Gottlieb said.

“So in the short term, you could deter some vaccine,” he added.

Gottlieb’s comments come after Biden on Thursday introduced a new federal rule on the vaccine mandate that will require all private employers of 100 or more employees to require vaccines or weekly testing.

The new regulation, which could affect nearly 80 million people, will be released by OSHA in the coming weeks.

Gottlieb added on Sunday that the disadvantage of the new term could outweigh all the benefits he hopes to gain by “hardening positions.”

“I think the disadvantage of this mandate, in terms of tightening positions and taking on something that was subtly political and that was openly political, could outweigh any of the benefits we hope to achieve,” he said.

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