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US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy defended the Biden administration's worker vaccine mandate, highlighting its necessity due to the Delta variant's impact on vaccine strategy. Despite legal threats from Republican governors, Murthy emphasized that such mandates are common in places like schools and are crucial for returning to normalcy. A CDC study revealed that unvaccinated individuals are significantly more at risk of severe COVID outcomes compared to those fully vaccinated. The study, based on over 600,000 cases, found unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die from COVID. Despite rare breakthrough cases, vaccines continue to offer protection against COVID.

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