Vaccinated staff at Facebook’s parent company will not be allowed to return to duty unless they receive a reminder
Meta employees will need to prove they have received a booster of the Covid-19 vaccine, with the company citing its effectiveness. Meta is now slated to reopen its offices in March.
Meta – which owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and virtual reality company Oculus – will fully reopen its offices on March 28. However, only fully vaccinated and boosted employees will be able to enter.
A company spokesperson said “Given the evidence for the effectiveness of boosters, we are expanding our vaccination requirements to include boosters. “
Meta previously enforced a mandate that requires all employees in person to have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine.
Facebook is following in the footsteps of other American companies that have already commissioned the boosters. Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not changed the definition of “Fully vaccinated”, he encouraged Americans to stay ” up to date “ regarding protection against the virus last week. However, the Pentagon signaled last month that it could still make booster shots mandatory for soldiers.
There has been an ongoing debate about the need to make Covid-19 booster injections a must for everyone. Several high-profile US politicians, all vaccinated and boosted, have recently tested positive for the coronavirus, further fueling this debate while apparently giving arguments to opponents of vaccination mandates. Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin was one of the last US politicians to test positive this month after being beefed up in October. He argued, however, that he would have been much worse against the disease if he hadn’t been double hit and boosted.
New York Democratic MK Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – who also received her recall in the fall – tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and is reportedly recovering from the virus and its symptoms at home.
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