A companywide vaccine mandate appears to have ended a grim weekly event at United Airlines ? the death of an employee from Covid-19, the carrier?s top executive said Tuesday.
While there are 3,000 United workers now infected with the virus, "zero of our vaccinated employees are currently hospitalized," CEO Scott Kirby said in an open letter to the workforce.
The airline chief painted a stark picture of the deadly toll Covid-19 has taken on his company.
"Prior to our vaccine requirement, tragically, more than one United employee on average *per week* was dying from COVID," Kirby wrote.
"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."