White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator: It’s ‘Time to Impose Vaccine Requirements’

White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator: It’s ‘Time to Impose Vaccine Requirements’: White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeffrey Zients announced Monday that it’s “time to impose some requirements on COVID-19 vaccines. “Last week the president called on states and local governments to use funding they have received, including from the American Rescue Plan, to give $100 to anyone who gets fully vaccinated,” he said during a briefing, adding, “if financial incentives like these help us get more shots in arms, we should use them.” But he went a step further and said that there must be mandates. “But in addition to incentives, it’s time to impose some requirements based on the realities of different risks unvaccinated individuals pose versus those who have been vaccinated,” Zients proclaimed.