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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2021 13:01:30 GMT
Covid-19 Kids' Vaccine Sparks Contrasting Opinions in Parents | WSJ
As the FDA nears a decision on authorizing Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for children 5-11 years old, public-health officials and pediatricians are sharing research with families to assure hesitant parents of the shot's safety. Photo: John Locher/Associated Press
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Post by Admin on Oct 16, 2021 19:53:34 GMT
Covid Vaccine Mandates Fueling Showdowns Nationwide
Police officers in Chicago and Seattle are threatening not to come to work because of vaccine mandates, and 40 percent of TSA agents in the nation’s airports and thousands of pilots have not reported their status with the deadline just weeks away.
Led by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Republican-run states are already gearing up to challenge the legality of the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for private companies before the Labor Department has even published the rules.
President Joe Biden last month directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a tiny agency that polices workplace safety for Labor, to write rules requiring private companies with 100 or more employees to vaccinate their staff against Covid-19 or test those who aren’t at least once a week.
More than 130,000 businesses across the U.S. are bracing for the new rules, which will apply to roughly two-thirds of the private sector workforce. OSHA told CNBC it delivered its proposal to the Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday night.
“Every day, we see more businesses implementing vaccination requirements, and the mounting data shows that they work. Businesses and organizations that are implementing requirements are seeing their vaccination rates rise by an average of 20% or more to well over 90%,” Biden said in addressing the nation Thursday. “Let’s be clear, vaccination requirements should not be another issue that divides us.”
The rule is expected to take effect soon after OMB completes its review. Because it’s being written under emergency procedures, OSHA can shortcut some of the usual regulatory bureaucracy, like a public comment period that would normally delay it by several months. OSHA will likely give companies time to comply with the new mandate before broad enforcement begins, according to Debbie Berkowitz, who served as a chief of staff and senior policy advisor at OSHA during the Obama administration.
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