Category: COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Driving Big Business to Relocate Headquarters Into Texas: Gov. Abbott

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday that President Joe Biden’s federal vaccine mandates have driven new businesses to relocate their headquarters into the state. Texas is one of several U.S. states which has mounted multiple federal lawsuits against the Biden administration over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which requires almost all federal employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine as…


Organizations That Impose COVID Mandates Must Also Be Responsible for the Harms They May Cause, Says Ethicist

Organizations that impose COVID-19 mandates must also be responsible for the harms those mandates could potentially cause and cannot be absolved by claiming they were following orders from Health Canada, says ethicist Dr. Julie Ponesse. Ponesse was fired from Ontario’s Huron University College in September after refusing to comply with the its mandatory COVID-19 vaccine…


Organizations That Impose COVID Mandates Must Also Be Responsible for Harms They May Cause: Ethicist

Organizations that impose COVID-19 mandates must also be responsible for the harms those mandates could potentially cause and cannot be absolved by claiming they were following orders from Health Canada, says ethicist Dr. Julie Ponesse. Ponesse was fired from Ontario’s Huron University College in September after refusing to comply with the its mandatory COVID-19 vaccine…


Vaccine Mandates Could Cost Australian State Billions, as 39,000 Look Set to Lose Jobs

Sweeping vaccine mandates in Western Australia’s (WA) could see an estimated 39,000 workers lose their jobs and livelihoods, a figure which is estimated to cost the state economy around $2.9 billion (US$2.1 billion). WA Premier Mark McGowan has implemented one of Australia’s most significant vaccination mandates, currently requiring more than 75 percent of the state’s…


France Deploys Military Police to Caribbean Islands Amid Unrest Over Vaccine Mandate

The French government has deployed military police to the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe amid intensifying protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic related restrictions. Following several weeks of unrest and violent protests over COVID-19 measures—including a vaccine mandate for health care workers—police reinforcements were sent to the French Caribbean territories on Tuesday….


Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers

A federal judge in Louisiana on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction to block President Joe Biden’s national COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, which had been set to go into effect next week. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in Monroe, Louisiana, issued the injunction (pdf) to expand a separate order issued on Monday by…


Judge Expands Block of Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers

A federal judge in Louisiana on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction to block President Joe Biden’s national COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers, which had been set to go into effect next week. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in Monroe, Louisiana, issued the injunction (pdf) to expand a separate order issued on Monday by…


If You Are Anti-Mandate, You Are Anti-Vax: NT Chief Minister

Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner called all people who are against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, or supports those who are against the mandates, “anti-vaxxers.” “If you are anti-mandate, you are absolutely anti-vax,” Gunner told reporters today. “If you support, champion, give a green-light, give comfort, support. Anybody who argues against the vaccine—you are an anti-vaxxer,…


Florida Attorney General Files Lawsuit Over CMS Vaccine Mandates

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed suit against the Biden administration for what she called the “unlawful Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) vaccine mandate that threatens to exacerbate the health care worker shortage.” At a Nov. 18 press conference Moody announced her action and said she was concerned about health care worker…


Florida Legislature Approves Bills Limiting COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

Florida Legislature on Wednesday passed sweeping legislation that seeks to protect unvaccinated workers from federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The four bills were approved largely along party lines during a three-day special legislative session convened by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis against federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The bills now head to the Republican governor’s desk to be…