New Zealand: Relationship Between Covid-19 Vaccination and All Cause Mortality https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=63149
Keep in mind that over 2/3rds of business executives strongly support vaccine mandates in the workplace. We are seeing company after company after company put them in place since the Supreme Court ruling.
and what is the percent of business executives who are vaccinated? I'm going to go out on a limb and say it is very close to those who support vaccines in the workplace. Probably slightly higher as there are some smart folks that realize what this will do to their workforce. Meaning "I did it, so you need to also so I don't feel like I'm dumb".
I believe the point of the SC ruling is that private businesses can put in their own vaccine mandates and those would be upheld as it is their workplace and their rules. SC would not support the federal government forcing vaccine mandates arbitrarily (100 + employees) and with heavy penalties attached to it. To me this is not a political issue but a clear overreach of OSHA and the Executive with an emergency action and not following appropriate rule making procedures. Also if CDC mandates a 3rd.... 4th... booster....etc... the government will have arbitrary businesses locked up forever with this requirement and heavy fines that can change on a whim of the CDC without any real rulemaking... If a private company wants vaccine mandates you have to comply as an employee or do testing If a private company does not want a mandate, you can still get a vaccine. Many places who dont have a vaccine mandate still have mask rules and social distancing in place so it makes it hard to impose a vaccine mandate when they are following CDC guidelines to stop the spread.
Local companies stick to vaccination policies after Supreme Court decision https://www.houstonchronicle.com/bu...accine-mandates-likely-will-have-16779942.php
This is a new front for mandates. People boycotting companies based on if they either have or don't have vaccine mandates for employees. Carhartt CEO says he's still mandating staff vaccinations. Now he's facing a boycott. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carhartt-boycott-covid-vaccine-mandate/ Carhartt may be one of the rare brands that appeals to both rural workers and urban hipsters with its rugged outdoor gear, but it now finds itself at the center of a controversy that is dividing its customer base: Workforce vaccine mandates. Some customers are vowing to boycott Carhartt products after a January 14 internal memo from CEO Mark Valade surfaced on social media. The memo focuses on the Dearborn, Michigan-based company's response to the Supreme Court ruling on the Biden administration's vaccine rules for large workforces — which the high court struck down. Despite the ruling, Valade wrote, Carhartt would maintain its corporate policy of requiring its 5,500 workers to be vaccinated. "Many of you have asked how the recent Supreme Court decision on the OSHA mandate for large employers will impact our associates so we want to provide some clarity," he wrote in the memo, which was confirmed by Carhartt to be authentic. "The ruling does not change Carhartt's mandatory vaccination program, which went into effect on January 4th." He added, "An unvaccinated workforce is both a people and business risk that our company is unwilling to take." The memo has sparked both support and calls for a boycott, with the division coming down to whether consumers support vaccination requirements or see them as an intrusion on personal freedom. The unvaccinated are among the minority of Americans, given that 63% of the nation is fully vaccinated. But those who are unvaccinated tend to be higher in Republican-leaning areas, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. One Twitter user called Carhartt's vaccination stance "insane given their target market" and professed they were "done purchasing any of their stuff." Another wrote that she was "impressed and I will be purchasing from a company that cares about protecting all its workers." Even though the Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had overstepped its bounds by requiring employers with more than 100 employees to either vaccinate or test their workers, that doesn't prohibit private companies from requiring their staff from getting the jab, according to legal experts. About 36% of Americans say their employers require them to get a COVID-19 vaccination, while another 43% say their bosses are encouraging the shot but not requiring it, Gallup found last month. Companies including Citigroup and airlines such as United and Delta have instituted vaccine mandates for their workers. Conservatives have traditionally supported the right of private companies to operate their businesses as they see fit, without government regulations calling the shots. Yet the issue of vaccinations and other COVID-19 health regulations have become deeply politicized, with some corporations aiming to sidestep the issue by stating that their aim is to keep both workers and customers from feeling the worst impact of the coronavirus. Even so, some conservatives were having none of it: "Went from "Buy Carhartt" to "Bye Carhartt" real quick!," tweeted conservative writer Ashley St. Clair, who also called Carhartt's vaccine mandate "medical tyranny." Carhartt told CBS MoneyWatch that the "vast majority" of its employees are vaccinated, and that it has given some exemptions for medical and religious reasons. "Carhartt made the decision to implement its own vaccine mandate as part of our long-standing commitment to workplace safety," the company said in an emailed statement. "Our recent communication to employees was to reinforce that the Supreme Court ruling does not affect the mandate we put in place." It added that it "fully understands and respects the varying opinions on this topic, and we are aware some of our associates do not support this policy." Carhartt said that it has extended the vaccination deadline to February 15. "We stand behind our decision because we believe vaccines are necessary to protect our workforce," the company said in the statement.
A majority of business executives and Americans want employer vaccine mandates in the workplace. Majority Of Americans Still Want Employer Vaccine Mandates After Supreme Court Blocks Biden Policy, Poll Finds https://www.forbes.com/sites/alison...ocks-biden-policy-poll-finds/?sh=590c669363a5 A majority of Americans continue to believe employers should require their workers to get vaccinated against coronavirus, according to a Morning Consult poll, after the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers on Thursday and left companies to decide whether or not to keep their requirements in place. Key Facts The poll, conducted January 13-14 among 2,200 U.S. adults, found 56% of respondents believe employers should require Covid-19 vaccinations, while 33% are opposed. That’s in line with other polling on the employer mandates from before the Supreme Court’s ruling, though down from a high of 61% of Morning Consult respondents who backed employer mandates when the Biden administration first announced its policy in September. Democrats were overwhelmingly the most likely to back the employer mandates, with 82% supporting them, followed by vaccinated respondents (69% support) and remote workers (66%). Only 33% of Republicans support the workplace requirements, and 23% of unvaccinated respondents agreed employers should mandate the shots. What To Watch For What companies will do now that the federal rule isn’t in effect. Workwear brand Carhartt has drawn both support and calls for boycotts for saying it intends to keep its vaccine policy in effect, and major banks like JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley have held firm to their vaccine mandates. “Wells Fargo will continue our testing program,” a spokesperson told Forbes earlier this week about its vaccine-or-test policy in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling. “We believe it’s the right thing to do for the safety of all employees and our customers.” A sizable number of employers are expected to drop their mandates, however, with a November poll conducted by Willis Towers Watson finding 37% of companies surveyed would only require vaccines if the federal government’s policy took effect. Tangent Companies’ vaccine policies will also now be contingent on state and local rules regarding employer vaccine mandates, which would have been previously likely been trumped by the federal rule. Fourteen states have policies banning Covid-19 vaccine mandates, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, while New York City has imposed its own vaccine mandate for all in-person workers. A further 20 states also have more limited workplace mandates in effect, according to KFF, such as for state employees, school employees or healthcare workers. Key Background The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Thursday to temporarily block the Biden administration’s large employer policy while litigation against it moves forward. The rule, which applied to all employers with more than 100 workers and required either Covid-19 vaccinations or regular testing, had taken effect days before after an appeals court had reinstated it, though the federal government had not yet started enforcing the testing requirement. The Supreme Court ruled the Biden administration likely did not have the authority to impose the emergency rule and said it should be left to Congress to decide. Justices also said they believed the vaccination requirement was a “significant encroachment” into employees’ lives given its effect beyond just the workplace, and claimed letting the federal government “regulate the hazards of daily life” would significantly expand its authority. The workplace rule was one of four vaccination policies the Biden administration had imposed; mandates for federal employees and healthcare workers—which the Supreme Court separately upheld—are now in effect, but a requirement for federal contractors was also blocked in court.
Still a sizable number of retail stores requiring vaccination for employees since the SC ruling. These Retail Companies Are Requiring Vaccinations for Employees — And Some Are Firing Those Who Do Not Comply https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle...those-who-do-not-comply/ar-AANij8b?srcref=rss