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Majority of Americans support mask and vaccination mandates, poll finds

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A slim majority of U.S. workers would support a vaccine mandate at their job‚ a Gallup survey released Wednesday found, suggesting employers considering one have at least a base of support, even if there is a sizable minority opposed.

52% of workers surveyed favor or strongly favor their employer requiring Covid-19 vaccines, while 38% oppose or strongly oppose that idea. Support for the vaccine mandate increased from 49% in June, which was up from 46% in May. Those strongly opposing mandates fell slightly over the same period, from 31% in June to 29% in July. 9% of workers said their employers have mandated vaccines, an increase from 5% in May.

Far more employers are “encouraging” vaccinations, although that number fell slightly from May, when 66% encouraged it, to 62% in July. The share of employers not requiring or encouraging vaccines has held steady at 29%. Gallup reported in June that 44% of employers are giving employees time off to get the vaccine.

A larger share of U.S. residents polled said they support mask mandates: 64% supported state and local government requirements to wear the masks in public places, while 69% supported schools requiring them for students and staff, and 63% put their mask where their mouth is and wear one “at least sometimes” in public, according to an Axios-Ipsos poll released Tuesday.

There is a minority of people who strongly oppose mask-wearing, 33% of people support states banning local mask mandates and a sharp partisan divide between Democrats, roughly nine in 10 of whom support mask mandates, and Republicans, of whom 40% support public masking requirements 40% and 44% support the mandates at schools.

ARTICLE: PAUL MURDOCH

MANAGING EDITOR: CARSON CHOATE
PHOTO CREDITS: FORBES

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Paul, 37, is from Scotland in the UK, but currently lives and works in Bangkok. Paul has worked in different industries such as telemarketing, retail, hospitality, farming, insurance, and teaching, where he works now. He teaches at an all-girls High School in Bangkok. “It’s a lot of work, but I love my job.” Paul has an active interest in politics. His reason for writing for FBA is to offer people the facts and allow them to make up their own minds. Whilst he believes opinion columns have their place, it is also important that people can have accurate news with no bias.

Paul, 37, is from Scotland in the UK, but currently lives and works in Bangkok. Paul has worked in different industries such as telemarketing, retail, hospitality, farming, insurance, and teaching, where he works now. He teaches at an all-girls High School in Bangkok. “It’s a lot of work, but I love my job.” Paul has an active interest in politics. His reason for writing for FBA is to offer people the facts and allow them to make up their own minds. Whilst he believes opinion columns have their place, it is also important that people can have accurate news with no bias.

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