On Thursday Republican Senators Ron Johnson, Rand Paul, James Lankford, Rick Scott, and Josh Hawley sent a letter to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Senator Gary Peters.
A July 6th opinion by the Department of Justice, Office of Legal Council, has emboldened public and private entities to impose widespread COVID-19 vaccine mandates on employees and to fire those who refuse vaccinations.
While 21.4 percent of school districts still require masks, 19.5 percent are banned from issuing mandates on kids or teachers who do not wish to wear them.
At the end of last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a concerning laboratory alert.
According to an opinion issued by the department’s Office of Legal Counsel, federal law does not prohibit public or private entities from imposing vaccine mandates on their employees — even though the vaccines are only authorized for emergency use.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is the first federal agency to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for some employees, Secretary Denis McDonough announced on Monday.
Leaked data suggest vast numbers classed as being hospitalised by the virus when they were admitted with other ailments