BREAKING, Biden Administration Asks Appeals Court to Immediately Lift Stay on COVID Vaccine Mandate

The Biden Administration asked a federal appeals court to immediately lift a court-ordered stay on a sweeping workplace COVID-19 vaccine rule to avoid “enormous” harm to public health, or alternatively to allow a masking-and-testing requirement, according to a court filing.

Delaying the rule by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that requires employees to be vaccinated or tested weekly would lead to thousands of hospitalizations and deaths, the Biden Administration said in a Tuesday filing with the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The OSHA rule would require businesses with at least 100 employees, covering tens of millions of American workers, to comply no later than January 4th 2022.

Although 82% of adults in this country have gotten at least one Covid shot, mandating shots against COVID-19 has become a divisive political issue over trade-offs between civil liberty and public health.

The rule was challenged by Republican-led states, businesses and trade groups and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans quickly blocked it, calling it “staggeringly overbroad” and a “one-size-fits-all sledgehammer.”

52 members of Congress and I are opposed to the COVID vaccine mandate for the military. It’s not too late to cosponsor this bill. Thousands are still facing discipline and discharge from the military. Here is the list of sponsors: https://t.co/E2IdPI7rjY

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) November 22, 2021

After the stay was imposed by the 5th Circuit, lawsuits from around the country were transferred to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.

That has given the Biden Administration an opportunity to ask for the ruling by the 5th Circuit to be reviewed.

The Biden administration said in its filing that if the 5th Circuit’s ruling remained, it should at least be modified to allow the masking-and-testing requirement.

Thousands of Marines Defying Biden‘s Military Vaccine Mandate https://t.co/D76ks2Bs7o via @BreitbartNews

— Kristina Wong 🇺🇸 (@kristina_wong) November 23, 2021

A modified stay would also shield employers from state and local laws banning vaccines and face coverings, the government said.

Florida, led by GOP Governor Ron DeSantis, is among the Republican controlled states that have banned businesses from requiring vaccination against COVID-19.

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