In what was a huge win on Monday, a federal judge in Texas issued a temporary injunction blocking the Pentagon’s COVID vaccine mandate and preventing the Department of Defense from disciplining 35 Navy Seals and three reservists who refused to get the vaccine for religious reasons. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, responding to a lawsuit […]
Vaccine mandates
The Negative Consequences of COVID Vaccine Mandates for Domestic Flights
Recently, some have floated the idea that we ought to require proof of vaccination for domestic air travel. This policy, like other mandates, might raise the vaccination rate very, very slightly. Previously, I estimated just a few percentage points for workplace mandates, and this action would have an even smaller effect at best. The [supposed] […]
Court Revives Biden Administration’s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers in 26 States
A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in 26 states — requiring millions of workers employed by facilities that receive federal funding to get vaccinated. A three-judge panel in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Louisana ruled the lower court only had the authority […]
Large U.S. Hospitals Drop COVID Vaccine Mandates for Healthcare Workers Amid Labor Shortages
Some of the nation’s largest hospital systems have dropped COVID vaccine mandates for staff after a federal judge issued an injunction against the Biden Administration’s vaccine requirements for health care workers. According to the Wall Street Journal, hospital operators including HCA Healthcare Inc., Tenet Healthcare Corp. and hospital systems AdventHealth, Intermountain Healthcare and the Cleveland […]
At Least 75 Law Makers With Stake in Pandemic Response Invested in Companies That Make COVID Vaccines, Treatments and Tests
Numerous Republican and Democrat lawmakers invested in companies that have a direct stake in the nation’s response to the COVID pandemic, according to a new analysis of federal financial records by Business Insider. In 2020, at least 13 U.S. senators and 35 representatives held shares of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) —the maker of the one-dose […]