Category: vaccine mandate

Business Lobby Files Court Notice Over Biden’s Vaccine Mandate: Stop ‘Bullying Businesses to Comply’

The Job Creators Network (JCN), a business advocacy group, has filed a notice with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals—which is hearing all legal challenges to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement—and sent a letter to the president saying the group expects the White House to comply with a court decision to freeze the mandate. “We…


Philadelphia Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for All City Workers

By Laura McCrystal From The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA—Philadelphia will require all of its more than 25,000 city employees to get a coronavirus vaccine by mid-January or risk losing their jobs, officials announced Friday. With the new policy, Philadelphia joined a number of other cities with vaccine mandates and reversed a prior stance that unvaccinated workers…


Rep. Chip Roy Introduces Bill Demanding Natural Immunity information from HHS

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) introduced a bill Friday to force federal health agencies to provide more information on natural immunity against COVID-19. The bill, called the Natural Immunity Transparency Act (pdf), demands Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to submit a report to Congress on natural immunity to COVID-19. “The Biden administration and…


Tennessee Governor Invites Nation’s Unvaccinated Officers to Join Its Highway Patrol

Tennessee’s Gov. Bill Lee invited officers all across the country to join the Tennessee Highway Patrol, promising no requirement of vaccination against COVID-19. “I’ve got a message today for cops in New York all the way to sheriff deputies out in Los Angeles: We want you to join the Tennessee Highway Patrol,” Lee said in…


Biden Playing ‘Catch Me If You Can’: Rep. Byron Donalds on Vaccine Mandate

According to Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), President Joe Biden knew the vaccine mandate was unconstitutional, but he ordered it anyway to force people to comply until the court stopped him. “Joe Biden knows this. He knows it’s unconstitutional,” Donalds told NTD’s “Capitol Report” in an interview premiered Wednesday, referring to Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. “What he’s…


Catholic Leader Issues Vaccine Mandate Across Australian Diocese

The Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge has issued a strongly worded ultimatum for all catholic priests within his diocese to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 15. Clergy failing to receive the jab will need to show cause or face immediate suspension, according to a letter obtained by The Australian. Despite recognising that vaccination was a…


Senate Republicans Formally Challenge Biden Vaccine Mandate

Senate Republicans are formally challenging a rule put forward by the Biden administration that would require private sector firms to mandate vaccination or weekly testing. Biden introduced a sweeping vaccine mandate in September, telling the nation “Our patience is wearing thin” with the millions of Americans who have chosen not to accept a vaccination against…


Western Michigan University Allows Unvaccinated Athletes to Participate Sports After Settlement

Western Michigan University (WMU) reached a settlement with 16 athletes on Tuesday, allowing them to compete in sports without getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The public university also agreed to pay plaintiffs their legal fees of $34,617. “We are pleased that WMU has agreed to resolve this matter, that our clients’ religious convictions were vindicated, and…


Western Michigan University Allows Unvaccinated Athletes to Participate in Sports After Settlement

Western Michigan University (WMU) reached a settlement with 16 athletes on Tuesday, allowing them to compete in sports without getting the COVID-19 vaccine. The public university also agreed to pay plaintiffs their legal fees of $34,617. “We are pleased that WMU has agreed to resolve this matter, that our clients’ religious convictions were vindicated, and…


Facts Matter (Nov. 17): OSHA Suspends Enforcement of Vaccine Mandate After Court Block

The Department of Labor just officially announced that they have suspended their implementation of the national vaccine mandate, meaning that OSHA will neither enforce nor implement the vaccine mandate for private businesses, after a court order essentially forced them to do so. Meanwhile, at a university in Virginia, an assistant professor of criminology has just come…