(Yahoo) When Pfizer and BioNTech’s (PFE) COVID-19 vaccine on Monday became the first to receive full Food and Drug Administration approval for people 16 and older, several vaccine mandates came down just that day.
The uptick shows that legal experts and the nation’s top infectious disease expert were on target by predicting that approval would embolden businesses, governments, and schools to mandate vaccines.
Just Monday, vaccine mandates came down for staff in New York City and New Jersey schools and for some employees of Chevron (CVX), while the former governor of Virginia urged all employers in the state to require COVID-19 vaccinations in light of the full approval.