Ninety-six percent of Tyson workers have gotten COVID vaccinations

October 26, 2021

Tyson Foods announced in August that it would require all its workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1. The company now says that 96 percent of its workforce is vaccinated with days to go to the deadline. “This is an incredible result,” wrote Tyson CEO Donnie King in a memo, “not only for our company, but for your families and our communities across the country.”

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