A poll found Americans are divided on whether the unvaccinated should not be denied service or employment.
According to an Axios/Ipsos poll published Tuesday, 51% of Americans support making it illegal for companies to deny service or employment to those who have not received the vaccine.
Fifty-five percent of Republicans, 51% of independents, and 46% of Democrats say the same. Only 14% of Americans support firing employees who do not comply with a vaccine requirement.
Twenty-five percent say nothing should happen, 23% believe employers should place them on unpaid leave, and 20% support requiring them to work from home or another location.
Last week, the Senate voted to overturn President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for companies that have 100 or more employees.
Democrat Sens. Jon Tester of Montana and Joe Manchin of West Virginia voted with 50 Republicans to overturn the mandate.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) led the effort and said during the Senate debate, “Getting vaccinated should be a decision between an individual and his or her doctor. It shouldn’t be up to any politician, especially in a mandate coming down from that highest authority, the president.”
In November, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said businesses should move ahead with the vaccine mandate despite court challenges to the requirement.
“Our message to businesses right now is to move forward with measures that will make their workplaces safer and protect their workforces from COVID-19,” she said during a briefing.
Psaki added, “That was our message after the first stay issued by the Fifth Circuit. That remains our message and nothing has changed.”
Earlier in November, a panel of three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans blocked the mandate.
Last week, a U.S. district court in Georgia halted the mandate for federal contractors nationwide.
