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Workers are more likely to get vaccinated — if their companies provide one big perk Most employers so far have shied away from mandating COVID-19 shots. Meera Jagannathan MarketWatch

Workers seem to be biting at the “carrot” approach to nudge COVID-19 vaccinations, a new report suggests.

...  At-home rapid Covid tests — which allow you to swab your own nose and get the results in minutes — can be a useful and reassuring way for both the vaccinated and unvaccinated to navigate the ongoing pandemic.

With the availability of vaccines for all people 12 years and older in the United States, it may be hard to imagine why anyone would still need a home test for Covid-19. But the coronavirus isn’t going away anytime soon, and a rise in infections this fall among the unvaccinated appears inevitable as a new, highly-infectious variant called Delta spreads around the world.

Majority of US adults concerned about delta variant: poll A majority of U.S. Lexi Lonas TheHill

A majority of U.S. adults are concerned about the delta coronavirus variant but have not significantly changed their behavior because of it, according to the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index.