White House officials over the weekend expressed confidence that the administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses will be upheld after an appeals court temporarily blocked it on Saturday. “I’m quite confident that when this finally gets fully adjudicated, not just a temporary order, the validity of this requirement will be upheld. It’s common sense, Chuck, if OSHA can tell people to wear a hard hat on the job, to be careful around chemicals, it can put in place these simple measures to keep our workers safe,”
White House chief of staff Ron Klain, a top confidant to President Joe Biden, told “Meet the Press,” referring to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. About two-dozen states, numerous private entities and individuals, and even a media outlet have filed lawsuits against the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates. The OSHA rule stipulates that employees at all businesses with 100 or more workers get vaccinated …
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