After months of public appeals to hesitant or reluctant Americans to get their shots, Mr Biden turned up the pressure in September.The Democratic president made Covid vaccinations compulsory at businesses that employ 100 workers or more, as well as for health care workers at facilities receiving federal funding.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has given businesses until 9 February to be in compliance with the rules or face the possibility of fines.
In a brief submitted to the court on behalf of the Biden administration, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar said the measures were necessary "confronted with the deadliest pandemic in the nation's history." A group of 26 business associations opposed to the mandates, however, said they will "inflict irreparable harm upon hundreds of thousands of businesses."
"The mandate would force millions of workers to choose between losing their jobs or complying with an unlawful federal mandate," they argued. Several large US corporations, including meat giant Tyson Foods and United Airlines, imposed vaccination mandates in September without suffering major disruptions.
But the court has previously curtailed federal actions linked to the pandemic, notably by throwing out a moratorium prohibiting evictions.
RTE on their way to give up journalism and pursue a career of trying to push vaccine segregation: 🏃♂️💨
Hope they all win their cases.