President Biden outlines plan on COVID vaccination mandate
President Biden outlined COVID-19 vaccine mandates for the federal workforce and contractors, major private employers, and educators participating in the Federal Head Start program. He announced that employers with more than 100 employees must require their staff to be vaccinated or have weekly COVID-19 tests. He also announced that federal employees and workers at facilities that accept Medicare or Medicaid must be vaccinated.
Description
This bell ringer explores the Biden Administration's recent COVID vaccination mandate and the historical and contemporary legal precedents relative to this issue.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- CLIP 1: What rule did President Biden direct the U.S. Department of Labor to implement regarding COVID vaccines? What reasons did President Biden give for this action?
- CLIP 1: What other actions did President Biden announce regarding COVID vaccinations?
- CLIP 2: According to Dr. Georges Benjamin, why are childhood vaccination rates high in the United States today?
- CLIP 2: What does Dr. Georges Benjamin say parents should wait for before they have their children vaccinated for COVID?
- CLIP 3: From the clip, what vaccination requirements have historically been implemented in the United States?
- CLIP 3: According to Robert Field, how have individuals opted out of vaccination requirements in the past? Who has set the guidelines for such policies?
Additional Resources
- Bell Ringer: Edward Jenner and the Smallpox Vaccine
- Bell Ringer: The Polio Epidemic
- Bell Ringer: The Development of the Polio Vaccine in the 1950s
- Bell Ringer: How Vaccines Work
- Bell Ringer: History of Vaccines
- Bell Ringer: The Role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Lesson Plan: Distribution of a Coronavirus Vaccine
- Lesson Plan: Lessons Learned from the Development of the Polio Vaccine
- Lesson Plan: President Biden’s Plans for His Administration
Participants
Vocabulary
- Americans With Disabilities Act
- Bully Pulpit
- Department Of Labor
- Jacobson V. Massachusetts
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- President
- Vaccination