By Marie Rosenthal
President Joe Biden provided “straight talk,” cajoled and pleaded, but came just shy of making COVID-19 vaccination a condition of employment for all federal employees in a speech on July 29.
Instead, he said all federal employees will have to “attest” to vaccination, and if they have not been vaccinated, they will have to be tested for COVID-19 once or twice a week, wear masks during work hours, socially distance and will not be able to travel for