A coalition of 10 states led by Missouri's attorney general on Nov. 10 sued Biden over his administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, and Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor filed the suit along with the attorneys general of Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota and New Hampshire. All are Republicans.
A federal court has already blocked the administration's private employer vaccine mandate, although a stricter one focused on health care workers remains in place. The health care mandate, which covers more than 17 million nurses and others, doesn't include a testing opt-out. (Related: New York hospitals prepare for staffing crisis as vaccination mandate takes effect, thousands of health care workers will now be fired.) The coalition says the mandate is unlawful under federal law in part because the federal government is trying to wrest away compulsory vaccination power that has "always been the province of – and still properly belongs to – the states." "Vaccination requirements are matters that depend on local factors and conditions. Whatever might make sense in New York City, St Louis or Omaha could be decidedly counterproductive and harmful in rural communities like Memphis, Missouri or McCook, Nebraska,” the 58-page filing in federal court in Missouri states. The mandate is poised to exacerbate an already alarming shortage of health care workers, the coalition said. As proof, they cite Dr. Randy Tobler, the CEO of Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri. Tobler said that people working in his hospital told him that if the mandate takes effect, they won't work there. Follow Immunization.news for more news and information related to vaccine mandates and coronavirus vaccines. Sources include: GlobalResearch.ca EpochTimes.com WSJ.com“Morally and intellectually corrupt”: UCLA professor resigns in protest over viewpoint intolerance
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