Hello Team,
We recently received word from the client that (company) will soon need to attest to the COIVD-19 vaccination status of our employees on the contract.
The client requests that all employees on this contract be fully vaccinated by November 22, 2021.
At this time, I just wanted to notify you that we received this communication. I will be reaching out to our employees in the following weeks as more information is provided to us.
I know some of you may have some questions or concerns. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I am more than happy to discuss your questions and concerns.
If you are not yet vaccinated, below is a timeline that (client) provided to meet their vaccination deadline according to the type of vaccine.
• The Pfizer-BioNTech/COMIRNATY COVID-19 vaccine is approved by the FDA and is the only mandatory COVID-19 vaccine. Individuals should get their second shot 3 weeks (or 21 days) after the first. This means that in order for Federal employees to meet a November 22 deadline, they should receive their first vaccination no later than October 18, and their second dose no later than November 8.
• The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, is authorized for voluntary use. Individuals should get their second shot 4 weeks (or 28 days) after their first. This means that in order for Federal employees to meet a November 22 deadline, they should receive their first vaccination dose no later than October 11, and their second dose no later than November 8.
• The Johnson & Johnson/Janssen (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine is also authorized for voluntary use. Because J&J only has one shot, Federal employees must get that dose by November 8, in order to meet a November 22 deadline to be fully vaccinated.
• If using vaccines on the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Use Listing (EUL) or approved for use in a clinical trial, ensure adequate time is allotted for the respective dosing protocols to meet the 22 November suspense.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has found the available COVID vaccinations are safe and extremely effective in precluding most infections and in minimizing the severity of the few breakthrough infections.
Yea it seem like request fulfillment is a Condition of Performance whereas fulfilling a requirement would be a Condition of Employment.
The one things I take from this is that Falcon's employer must be complicit in the vaxx mandate, or they would tell the client to go jump, or at least revise the contract to state that the company who requires any vaccine to be taken, agrees to be legally liable for any harm that arises from that required action.
That might be a good question to ask, to force the employee to admit, or deny that the mandate is theirs too.
I would also be interested to know if Falcon is onsite, or remote worker.
Sorry, just realized you are OP.
Yea, funny thing is though, this company is in the final option year of this contract. They don’t even qualify to bid on the contract renewal after June 2022. So it’s going to go to another company either way. Now with that being said, my company could partner with another company, win the contract again and become a sub-contractor.
Either way, I’m not taking it. I need my job and it pays really well but I won’t be taking a chance on my health or my life to work for someone.
I haven’t read through the EO yet because well, let’s go Brandon. But does mandate extend to subs or just the primes? If not If I worked for a prime I’d be shopping for a sub
From what I understand, it was supposed to be for all federal employees, including contractors. There has been some information that recently came out saying there never really was a mandate at all, just a press release. That kind of lines up with the emails I’ve been getting from work basically saying this is coming... get ahead of it and get your jab... let’s all be ready when the deadline comes. Either way, I won’t do it.
I hear from fed friends I used to work with them that they haven’t gotten any implementing guidance down yet. Even though the first deadline for the moderna is Columbus Day. And I find the caveats embedded in the wording interesting. Saying that the eua ones are voluntary. And as the Pfizer one is still eua implying it is also voluntary. Because the mandated one isn’t available.