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Judge blocks Biden vaccine rule, citing “liberty interests of the unvaccinated”
A federal judge yesterday blocked a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, granting a request for preliminary injunction filed by Republican attorneys general from 14 states.
US District Judge Terry Doughty ruled that the government lacks authority to implement the rule that "requires the staff of twenty-one types of Medicare and Medicaid healthcare providers to receive one vaccine by December 6, 2021, and to receive the second vaccine by January 4, 2022." Providers that don't comply face penalties, including "termination of the Medicare/Medicaid Provider Agreement."
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate regulates over 10.3 million health care workers in the US, of which 2.4 million are unvaccinated. The Biden vaccine rule is being challenged by the attorneys general from Louisiana, Montana, Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. The Republican AGs' lawsuit was filed against CMS and the US Department of Health and Human Services.
The preliminary injunction they won applies nationwide except for 10 states that "are already under a preliminary injunction order dated November 29, 2021, issued by the Eastern District of Missouri," a court order said. Those states are Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
What states did not participate in this lawsuit and were not covered by the earlier preliminary injunction — i.e. got swept into this decision?
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday December 03 2021, @03:44PM (4 children)
It has occurred to me, yes. They soak in the fear mongering of the mainstream media, they think about the shit that scares them, and ultimately, run out to get the vax.
Now, you can extend the same courtesy to those who decline the vax. They've heard all the hyperbole, and decided that it's mostly hyperbole.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday December 06 2021, @03:32PM (3 children)
Bzzzzt. They take reasonable precautions. Sort like how people who look both ways before crossing the street "soak in the fear"
Just like I would to people who walk out into a busy street without looking both ways.
Getting vaxed is just one of many common sense things.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday December 06 2021, @04:11PM (2 children)
Ahhh, you got your weekend supply of Kool Aid? All topped up now, and ready to repeat those talking points. Happy Monday!!
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday December 06 2021, @06:45PM (1 child)
We could talk about tornadoes. I assume Arkansas gets those.
People soaked in fear listen to the tornado warnings and take shelter underground. Those who can think for themselves and do not submit to "government control" ignore the warnings and go about their business as usual.
This is exactly how I see your support of the anti vax ignorance. You accuse the people who take precautions of not thinking, and of being fearful. Neither are true. I am less concerned about covid now that I am vaxxed than I was before. So is every vaxxed person I've spoken to. Which says how out of touch you are with people are are actually vaccinated. The two accusations you use "fear" and "not thinking for themselves" are in fact the exact opposite of the truth.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday December 06 2021, @09:26PM
Tornadoes? We have a tornado shelter. I've never sheltered in it. Spiders and snakes live in it most of the time, and they don't like being kicked out into a storm.