‘Don’t want to get vaccinated, leave’ — hedge fund founder mandates Covid shots in his office
- Anthony Scaramucci, founder and co-managing partner of SkyBridge, told CNBC on Friday he’s mandated Covid shots at the office of his hedge fund.
- He also called on all eligible Americans to go out and get vaccinated.
- “We’re a private company. If somebody wants to fight me over the vaccine mandate, that’s fine. Let’s take it to the court,” Scaramucci said.
Anthony Scaramucci, founder and co-managing partner of
SkyBridge, told CNBC on Friday he’s mandated Covid shots at the office of his hedge fund.
He also called on all eligible Americans to go out and get vaccinated.
“We’re a private company. If somebody wants to fight me over the vaccine mandate, that’s fine. Let’s take it to the court,” Scaramucci said on
“Squawk Box,” while imploring other firms to follow suit.
“Make a decision. You’re a private company. Let’s cut it out. We’ve got to keep people safe. Get vaccinated. If you don’t want to get vaccinated, leave. That should be the message, and people will start getting vaccinated.”
Scaramucci’s comments Friday come at a critical juncture in the coronavirus pandemic, as the U.S. sees
a spike in new infections linked to the highly transmissible delta variant, and as health officials scramble to combat Covid vaccine
hesitancy and opposition.
Roughly 49% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated and 56.4% have received at least one vaccine dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most people in the country who received shots got vaccines from either
Pfizer and
Moderna, which require two does.
Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine requires one shot. Those are the only three approved for emergency use in the U.S.
However, vaccination rates have slowed considerably since mid-April, when the seven-day average of daily doses administered topped 3.4 million. As of July 17, the weekly average of daily doses administered was just under 450,000,
according to CDC data.
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