Category: vaccine mandates

New Vaccine Science Shows Mandates Are Unwise

Commentary New scientific findings in the prestigious Lancet Infectious Diseases journal blow a hole in the argument that workers need to get vaccinated to protect those around them. The findings prove the foolishness of forcing police and other public employees to get jabbed or lose their pay. And President Joe Biden should retract his order…


Massachusetts Governor Suspends a ‘Few Hundred’ State Employees Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, said Monday that a “few hundred” state workers face suspension over not complying with the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Baker issued an executive order on Aug. 19 requiring all Executive Department employees to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination on or before Oct. 17, 2021. The order noted that Executive Department…


EpochTV Review: COVID-19 Vaccine—More Harm Than Good?

Commentary In this installment of The Nation Speaks, “Vaccine Victims Get Silent Treatment; Doctor Risks All to Oppose Mandates”, host Cindy Drukier weighs in on how some people are being negatively affected by the vaccine and how Americans feel about vaccine mandates. The video begins with the host explaining that all drugs have side effects…


Vaccine Mandates are an Exploding Cigar

Commentary The exploding cigar, often seen in cartoons, is the perfect metaphor for vaccine mandates. You remember the gag. A fat cat is offered a big stogie. After a few puffs the cigar explodes spreading soot all over the hapless victim’s face. President Biden lit a national cigar with his plan to order larger employers…


Federal Judge Blocks Hospital From Putting Unvaccinated Workers on Unpaid Leave

A federal judge temporarily blocked an Illinois hospital system from allegedly putting workers with religious exemptions on unpaid leave. In late October, several employees at the Chicago-area NorthShore filed a legal complaint against the company, arguing that the firm’s vaccine mandate discriminated against them by forcing them to decide between a vaccine and their jobs….


EpochTV Review: Mandates Put National Security at Risk

Commentary In the episode, “Vaccine Mandates Will Endanger National Security If Biden Follows Through,” hosts Kash Patel and Jan Jekielek explore the issue of vaccine mandates in the military and law enforcement in this installment of Kash’s Corner. The episode begins with the announcement that President Biden made in September that vaccine mandates or weekly…


Iowa Bill Will Allow Unemployment Benefits to Workers Fired Over Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine

Iowa lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that will allow workers to receive unemployment benefits if they lose their job due to refusing to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The bill, HSB 281, seeks to protect workers who are denied medical or religious exemptions to vaccine mandates. The law is limited to an employee “discharged from…


Live Q&A: 19 States Sue Biden Admin Over COVID-19 Mandates; Book of the Month Q&A With Mary Grabar

A wave of states are filing lawsuits against the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates, with 19 filings as of Friday; and with attorneys general in 10 states filing a joint lawsuit. In other news, New York City is facing a public safety crisis as 26,000 city workers, including many police and firefighters, refusing to get…


Attorneys General in 10 States Join Fight Against Biden Admin’s Vaccine Mandate

Ten attorneys general in states with Republican governorships filed a lawsuit against the White House’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors. The lawsuit, dated Oct. 29, was filed by the attorneys general of Alaska, Arkansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. They described (pdf) the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for…


Biden Commerce Secretary: Delaying Vaccine Mandates Would Be a ‘Mistake’

The Biden administration’s secretary of Commerce signaled that the White House will not delay its vaccine mandate plans until after the Christmas holiday season despite several trade groups’ warnings in recent days. “No, I think that would be a big mistake. People want to work in a workplace where they feel safe,” Commerce Secretary Gina…