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Impact Of FDA Approval On Vaccine Mandates

By Jade Hindmon / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Andrew Bracken / Producer, KPBS Midday Edition

Published August 24, 2021 at 1:08 PM PDT

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A nurse preparing the COVID-19 vaccine at San Diego State University's Viejas Arena, March 23, 2021.

FDA Approval's Impact on Vaccine Mandates

With FDA approval, legal expert sees "less likelihood for an argument to be made" against mandates

Even before Monday's news of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's full approval of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, employers both large and small have put in place vaccine mandates for their employees. Legal expert Alreen Haegguist expects to see more vaccine mandates from companies as a result of the FDA's approval news.

Haegguist, managing partner of the law firm Haeggquist & Eck joined Midday Edition on Tuesday to talk about the state of vaccine mandates and the legal questions facing both employers and employees.

"I think we're going to see more mandates come out," Haeqquist said. "Because I think employers are going to be more comfortable pushing them out with the idea that most employees will get them and want to stay."

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Jade Hindmon is KPBS Midday Edition co-host. Prior to making San Diego home, Jade worked in markets across the Southeast and Midwest, building a network of sources to tell the stories of people in each community. She worked as a multimedia journalist and anchor at WRTV in Indianapolis. While there, she launched “The Weekend Edition of Good Morning Indiana” and generated breaking news content for both broadcast and digital platforms. Prior to Indianapolis, she was an anchor and multimedia journalist at FOX Carolina in Greenville, SC. As part of that Emmy Award winning team, she covered elections, landed exclusive interviews, and interviewed presidential candidates. Jade also had the opportunity to cover international news and was able to travel to South Africa during the 2010 World Cup. Jade is a three-time Emmy nominee, a National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Finalist, and the recipient of a South Carolina Associated Press Award. She is a proud graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.

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Andrew Bracken is a producer for KPBS Midday Edition. He is also the producer and host for the KPBS podcast series "My First Day" and "San Diego Conversations," a collaboration with KPBS and the National Conflict Resolution Center.

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