United AirlinesIt has not had any Covid-related deaths among nearly 70,000 of its employees within eight weeks. The airline’s vaccine mandate is responsible for this trend, according to CEO.

United issued in August the most stringent vaccine mandate of U.S. carriers. Staff must be vaccinated CovidYou could face dismissal. The company stated that more than 96% were vaccinated this fall.

United Staff have been infected with Covidin, as has the rest of the nation and other airlines. The carrier was forced to make drastic cuts. additional flightsUnited is moving to. other airlinesHave taken since late last year. Scott Kirby, Chief Executive Officer of United States told employees Monday night that about 3,000 United employees were positive for Covid. He said that zero are being hospitalized.

“Prior to our vaccine requirement, tragically, more than one United employee on average *per week* was dying from COVID,” Kirby wrote in a staff note. “But we’ve now gone eight straight weeks with zero COVID-related deaths among our vaccinated employees – based on United’s prior experience and the nationwide data related to COVID fatalities among the unvaccinated, that means there are approximately 8-10 United employees who are alive today because of our vaccine requirement.”

The airlines of other countries didn’t respond immediately. United’s vaccine mandate was in place prior to the Biden administration, which required federal contractors (like major airlines) to either mandate vaccinations or provide a religious or medical exemption for employees.