United CEO says 3,000 positive for COVID but no deaths among the vaccinated

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Source: Reuters

January 11, 2022
10:03 AM EST
Last Updated 3 hours ago

By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - United Airlines Chief Executive Scott Kirby said on Tuesday that the company had about 3,000 employees who have tested positive for COVID-19 but its vaccinated employees had neither died nor recently been hospitalized with the disease.

Chicago-based United was the first U.S. carrier to mandate vaccines for its employees in order to facilitate travel and flight operations. Airlines have cancelled thousands of flights since late December, when the surge in Omicron cases and winter weather began impacting schedules.

Kirby said in a memo Tuesday that "since our vaccine policy went into effect, the hospitalization rate among our employees has been 100x lower than the general population in the U.S."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/united-airlines-ceo-says-about-3000-employees-test-positive-covid-19-2022-01-11/

[SuperCoder]

1. Forced mandates work!

Time to implement them.

[LiberalFighter]

2. Reuters didn't provide answers to some questions.

Like how many cancellations did United have compared to other airlines?

How many are vaccinated at the other airlines and their infection rate?

[RussBLib]

3. so how about having to prove you're vaxxed before flying?

that might get me back on a plane.

I hear the flight attendants union is now lobbying for a passenger vax mandate

[dai13sy]

4. Get Vaxxed

I like having to prove you've been vaxxed. Why have the anti-vaxxers, in some cases, been getting a free-pass to go where they want and if they are asked to wear a mask, they can always pitch a huge fit and act like very spoiled rotten children. Grow up and act like real humans.