AFSA strongly supports President Biden's executive order mandating Covid-19 vaccination for all Federal employees, with exceptions for medical and religious reasons as provided for by Federal law.

It is now more urgent than ever for all Federal employees to be vaccinated if they do not have valid reasons for an exemption.?This is critical to enabling the Federal workforce, including the Foreign Service, to return to the workplace as soon as circumstances permit.??

We are facing a real crisis in our services to the public, including visa and passport issuance as well as American citizen services, and employees rightly expect to be protected as much as possible from possible infection at work.

AFSA will strongly support and advocate for members who have medical or religious reasons for exemption. Everyone else who is not yet vaccinated should get vaccinated now.