The Northern District Court of New York on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction for all health care workers, granting a request to stop the state from enforcing the policy for those who claim a religion-based objection to the state’s vaccine mandate ( ABC7NY). Hospitals and nursing facilities, already coping with worker shortages, worry that nurses and health care aides will strike or quit rather than get vaccinated, even in states such as Oregon and California, where voluntary vaccination rates in the general population are high ( Newsweek and Los Angeles Times).
military branches have staggered their deadlines, some into June, and find the strongest resistance to vaccination crops up among reserves and the National Guard, both considered essential to readiness ( The Washington Post). The Los Angeles school system on Tuesday extended its deadline for employees ( Los Angeles Times). military, public hospitals and police departments, have discovered that deadlines by which employees must fulfill mandated COVID-19 inoculations are a challenge. In the meantime, public entities, such as state school systems, the U.S. The administration expects a federal mandate covering private sector employees to be challenged in the courts. The rule has not yet been published, and the administration has nudged states and large companies nationwide to act on their own in the interim. He said the Department of Labor would regulate worker safety with a rule requiring large companies to compel employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing. It has been more than a month since President Biden delivered a forceful speech blaming the unvaccinated for needlessly prolonging a U.S. Opposition to employer vaccine mandates was anticipated by the White House. The Texas order reflects growing hostility by the GOP to vaccine requirements ( The Associated Press, The Washington Post). Earlier this year, Abbott barred entities receiving government funding from requiring workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus ( Austin American-Statesman). “The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective, and our best defense against the virus, but should remain voluntary and never forced,” Abbott said in a statement. Abbott said the Biden administration is “bullying” businesses with a pending federal rule to require employers with more than 100 workers to compel employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, with some wiggle room for a testing alternative ( The Hill). DeSantis this morning essentially banning the implementation of mandates - fit a familiar pattern that we’ve seen of putting politics ahead of public health,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki (seen below) told reporters.Ībbott opened a new front in the vaccine mandate wars on Monday night with an executive order banning such requirements by any “entity in Texas,” including private businesses. Abbott’s executive order banning vaccine mandates - and I would also note the announcement by Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida of using the coronavirus as campaign fodder by spurning a tool that can save lives ( The Hill).
The White House, reacting on Tuesday to actions in Texas and Florida to block vaccine mandates affecting workers in those states, accused Republican Govs. coronavirus deaths as of each morning this week: Monday, 713,350 Tuesday, 714,060 Wednesday, 716,479. Readers can find us on Twitter and Please recommend the Morning Report to friends and let us know what you think. Alexis Simendinger and Al Weaver are the co-creators.
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