CDC director says Biden admin has 'education and counseling' plan for essential workers who refuse COVID vaccine

Walensky did, however, confirm the Biden administration has an eyebrow-raising plan to essentially coerce essential workers to get vaccinated.

During an interview on "Fox News Sunday," host Chris Wallace asked if the Biden administration is moving "full speed ahead on mandates for essential workers to get vaccinated?"

The question came after President Joe Biden said during a CNN town hall last week that police officers should be forced to get the COVID vaccine or be fired if they refuse.

The problem, as Wallace pointed out, is that a significant number essential workers nationwide — including police officers and health care workers — have made it clear they will not get the COVID vaccine even if it means losing their jobs. And if a significant number of essential workers lose their jobs over vaccine mandates, the ripple effect could have catastrophic impacts in communities across the country.

In response, Walensky claimed the "most disruptive thing that you can do to workforce is to have a COVID outbreak in that workforce" — not mass termination of unvaccinated employees.