90% of US federal employees have been vaccinated ahead of mandate deadline Peter Wells in New York About 90 per cent of US federal employees have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of the deadline later tonight for President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate. Jeff Zients, the White House’s coronavirus response co-ordinator, said on Monday afternoon the federal government had achieved 95 per cent compliance with the requirement and that 90 per cent of the 3.5m federal workers around the country were already vaccinated. In the White House, 99 per cent of employees in the executive office of the president had been vaccinated, Zients revealed. In agencies, such as the Internal Revenue Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Customs and Border Protection, levels of compliance had hit 98 per cent, 99 per cent and “nearly 98 per cent”, respectively. Biden announced in September that all direct federal government employees would have to be vaccinated against Covid-19, and would not be given an option to avoid the requirement by submitting to regular testing or wearing a mask. The deadline was set for the night of November 22, but Zients stressed it was “not a cliff, it’s not an end point” and that unsure workers would be provided counselling or education in an effort to get them over the line. The federal government’s figures accompanied a plea from top US health officials on Monday for eligible Americans to get vaccinated, or have their booster shots, for Covid-19 against the backdrop of rising new cases heading into the start of the holiday season. About 92,000 Americans have tested positive for Covid-19 each day over the past week, an increase of 18 per cent over the past week, Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. A month ago, the seven-day average was about 72,500 and close to a three-month low. Although more than 59 per cent of the US population is fully vaccinated, Walensky said 47m eligible adults and 12m eligible teenagers remain unvaccinated. About 36m booster shots have been administered, according to the latest CDC data, and about 3m people received their additional doses across Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Zients said. ---------- That's a lot of key people to our infrastructure that's now fully vaccinated. wrbtrder
Biden seeks to revive workplace vaccine mandate https://thehill.com/regulation/cour...sks-court-to-revive-workplace-vaccine-mandate The Biden administration on Tuesday asked a federal court to reinstate a workplace vaccine mandate that was put on hold earlier in November, as officials seek to boost vaccination numbers heading into the winter months. In court papers filed overnight, the administration urged a Cincinnati-based federal appeals court to lift a court order blocking the public health rule, which requires larger businesses to have employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine or undergo regular testing and mask-wearing. “Delaying this standard would endanger many thousands of people and would likely cost many lives per day,” government lawyers argued. “With the reopening of workplaces and the emergence of the highly transmissible Delta variant, the threat to workers is ongoing and overwhelming.” The move comes amid an uptick of COVID-19 cases nationwide as the U.S. heads into its second holiday season during the pandemic, with many families that may have skipped gatherings last year now planning to gather this Thanksgiving. The Tuesday filing is the most significant legal move the administration has made since the vaccine mandate case was moved earlier this month to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, where numerous legal challenges have been combined into a single lawsuit. President Biden announced in September that the administration was rolling out a new rule that would require all private employers with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccines or weekly testing for all personnel, a guideline that has the potential to impact nearly 80 million workers. The administration, through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), issued its six-month emergency vaccinate-or-test requirement in early November, sparking immediate legal challenges from states, employers and religious groups. The extensive Tuesday court submission filed by OSHA, which came in a lengthy 55-page brief, underscored just how important this round of litigation is to the mandate’s long-term prospects, legal experts said. “Because the emergency standard can only be in effect for six months, its fate rests mostly on the outcome of this stay motion," said Sean M. Marotta, a partner at the law firm Hogan Lovells. Although the workplace mandate for the private sector has been ensnared in court fights almost since its inception, a similar mandate for the federal workforce has been seen as largely successful. More than 90 percent of federal workers had received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine as of the Monday deadline, according to White House figures. In an earlier stage of litigation over the private-sector mandate, the New Orleans-based U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit temporarily blocked, or stayed, the rule in an order that is now the subject of the government’s latest filing. The 5th Circuit ruling called the mandate “fatally flawed” and ordered that OSHA not enforce the requirement “pending adequate judicial review” of a motion for a permanent injunction. The case has since been moved to the 6th Circuit after a Washington, D.C., judicial panel selected the Cincinnati-based court from the nation’s 12 regional federal appeals courts and merged the litigation into one lawsuit. OSHA said in a statement last week that while it is confident in its power to protect workers amid the pandemic, it is suspending activities related to the mandate, citing the pending legal challenge. Biden administration officials have argued that the mandate is necessary to boost vaccination rates. To date, the pandemic has killed more than 770,000 people in the U.S.
Federal Government Has 96.5% Compliance Rate With Biden’s Vaccine Mandate, According To Administration https://dailycaller.com/2021/11/24/federal-government-compliance-rate-joe-biden-vaccine-mandate-omb/
Big Three US Automakers Agree To Not Mandate Vaccines For UAW Union Members Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have agreed the United Auto Workers union members will not be forced to take the mandatory vaccine as a condition of employment. Additionally, the vaccine status of the workers will remain private with a policy of private and voluntary disclosure.
coddling the snowflakes. Keeping it PC and giving a deadly virus a safe space to mutate. This is the result of giving kids participation trophies. A generation of self-centered pussies putting themselves above country
Democrats can’t mandate unions, they’re their bread and butter- can’t win re-election without them. They get exemptions . Now industries, sectors that favor conservatives..... lock em down.
Biden administration agency Covid-19 vaccination data shows mandates work, OMB says https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/24/politics/biden-agency-omb-covid-19-vaccine/index.html
Even in Africa... Ghana to make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for targeted groups from January https://www.reuters.com/world/afric...mandatory-targeted-groups-january-2021-11-28/ ACCRA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Ghana will ramp up its COVID-19 inoculation campaign next month and make the vaccine mandatory for targeted groups including all public sector and health workers from Jan. 22, health service director general Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said on Sunday. Ghana, like most African nations, has seen a sluggish uptake in COVID-19 vaccinations despite an increase in supplies. Only 1.4 million people out Ghana's population of 30 million are fully vaccinated. The government will hold a vaccination drive in December after which the vaccine will be mandatory for employees in all arms of government, health workers, security personnel, staff and students of secondary and tertiary education, and commercial drivers, Kuma-Aboagye told a news conference. "Pockets of vaccine hesitancy pose a risk to gains made so far. Current low numbers recorded in country may not be maintained if vaccine uptake not increased significantly," he said. He said proof of vaccination will also be needed for night clubs, beaches, sports stadiums and restaurants. Only 21% of the targeted population have received the first dose, while 7% are fully vaccinated, health ministry data showed. Ghana has to date recorded 131,083 coronavirus cases and 1,220 deaths. Kuma-Aboagye said the health ministry hopes to double daily vaccinations from over 142,000 currently as the country braces for a potential surge in cases after the holiday. The head of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that many African nations are struggling with the logistics of accelerating their COVID-19 inoculation campaigns. Only 6.6% of Africa's population of 1.2 billion is fully vaccinated. read more The country has received over 12 million doses and will take delivery of around 7 million more by the end of December, Kuma-Aboagye said. Kuma-Aboagye said mobile health teams will take vaccines to schools, markets, churches, and house-to-house in villages. "They'll not come out to get the vaccine, but if you take it to them, they'll take it," he said. He added that the Omicron variant has not been identified in Ghana so far.
In Germany, you must be fully vaxxed to kill yourself... In Germany, You Must Be Fully Vaxxed before Your Death by Assisted Suicide https://www.nationalreview.com/corn...vaxxed-before-your-death-by-assisted-suicide/ The ironies of assisted suicide never end. Germany allows suicide on demand — including assistance — as a fundamental constitutional right. But now, you must be vaccinated against COVID before a euthanasia group will help you kill yourself. From the Spectator story: As European countries battle to limit the spread of the virus, Verein Sterbehilfe – the German Euthanasia Association – has issued a new directive, declaring it will now only help those who have been vaccinated or recovered from the disease. In a statement, the association said: “Euthanasia and the preparatory examination of the voluntary responsibility of our members willing to die require human closeness. Human closeness, however, is a prerequisite and breeding ground for coronavirus transmission. As of today, the 2G rule applies in our association, supplemented by situation-related measures, such as quick tests before encounters in closed rooms.” ‘Close encounters in closed rooms’ – what a fabulous German euphemism for assisted suicide. Sometimes words even escape me!