Delta Air CEO Calls Vaccine Mandates ‘Very Blunt Instrument’

Delta Air CEO Calls Vaccine Mandates ‘Very Blunt Instrument’
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900 plane takes off from Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 28, 2020. Loren Elliott/Reuters
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CHICAGO—Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Ed Bastian on Wednesday waded into the debate on mandating coronavirus vaccines, saying government directives are not the only way to make people get the jab.

“Mandate is only one way to get people vaccinated,” Bastian told Reuters in an interview. “It’s a very blunt instrument.”