OSHA to End Private Vaccine Mandate After Supreme Court Ruling
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will withdraw a mandate requiring private businesses with more than 100 employees to be vaccinated against COVID or tested weekly....
Facts
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will withdraw a mandate requiring private businesses with more than 100 employees to be vaccinated against COVID or tested weekly.1
- SCOTUS blocked the administration's vaccine-or-test requirement for businesses in a 6-3 ruling in January, stating that OSHA can regulate occupational dangers, but not 'public health more broadly.'.2
- The mandate would have affected 80 million US workers.2
Sources: 1Daily Caller and 2Axios.
Narratives
- Right narrative, as provided by FOX News. SCOTUS has saved Americans from an unprecedented assault on constitutional liberties, but the battle against governmental overreach continues.
- Left narrative, as provided by Atlantic. This reveals how the right-wing's crusade against vaccination has politicized the judiciary. It will harm public health.
