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Dr Anthony Fauci has said he would have supported more extreme measures to force Americans to be vaccinated against COVID-19 - describing President Joe Biden's plan as 'moderate'.
Biden on Thursday announced that all companies employing more than 100 people must insist on either proof of vaccination or regular COVID tests.
His policy was greeted with anger by many Republicans, who described it as heavy-handed and an infringement on their personal freedoms.
But Fauci, Biden's chief medical advisor, said on Friday that he would have backed more intense options.
'The president is being somewhat moderate in his demand, if you want to call it that,' Fauci told CNN.
Dr Anthony Fauci on Friday told CNN that he thought Biden's vaccine mandate was 'moderate', and he would have supported saying 'vaccinate or not'
'There are some people who really don't want to get vaccinated but they don't want to lose their job.
'You've got to give them an off lane. And the off-lane is that if you get tested frequently enough and find out you're positive you won't come to work and you won't infect other people.
