Temporary Stay of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Continues for Federal Workers

Temporary Stay of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Continues for Federal Workers

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana, in a change of heart from its Apr. 7, 2022 decision, agreed to hear arguments against the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for federal workers. The court will hear the matter en banc which means that there will be a full panel of judges convened. This […]

Some American Companies Dropping Vaccine Mandate for Employees After Supreme Court Ruling

Some American Companies Dropping Vaccine Mandate for Employees After Supreme Court Ruling

Several large corporations across the country including Starbucks, General Electric, Intel and Adidas are dropping COVID-19 vaccine mandates and weekly testing policies.1 The policy changes came following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down COVID vaccine mandates for companies with more than 100 employees, which were put into place by the Biden administration. The administration’s […]

U.S. District Court in Texas Blocks Federal Employee COVID Vaccine Mandate

U.S. District Court in Texas Blocks Federal Employee COVID Vaccine Mandate

On Jan. 21, 2022, a Federal District Court in Texas temporarily blocked COVID-19 mandate for federal workers issued by the Biden administration.1 Judge Jeffrey Brown’s ruling applies nationwide.2 The federal worker mandate was issued on Sept. 9, 2021. According to the White House, as of December 2021, 97 percent of federal employees had been vaccinated […]

Unvaccinated Americans are Removed from Organ Transplant List

Unvaccinated Americans are Removed from Organ Transplant List

A young father of two children with a baby on the way, who was first in line for a heart transplant, was removed from the transplant list and denied the life-saving procedure when he failed to get the COVID-19 vaccination at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The patient, DJ Ferguson, has been hospitalized since […]

Federal Employees Fight COVID Vaccine Mandates in Court

Federal Employees Fight COVID Vaccine Mandates in Court

With a looming deadline of Nov. 22, 2021, thousands of federal employees and contractors continue to push back against the Biden administration’s sweeping COVID vaccine mandates. According to The Washington Post, tens of thousands of federal employees remain unvaccinated pending word on whether religious or medical exemptions will be approved. Federal employees who fail to […]

Questions About Southwest Airlines’ Cancelled Flights Continue

Questions About Southwest Airlines’ Cancelled Flights Continue

Southwest Airline Pilots Association (SWAPA), a collective bargaining unit which represents more than 9,000 Southwest pilots, filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines on Aug. 30, 2021 asking the court for injunctive relief against the airlines continued violation of the parties’ Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and the Railway Labor Relations Act. A CBA is a contract […]

Are Hospitals Really Being Overwhelmed With Unvaccinated COVID Patients?

Are Hospitals Really Being Overwhelmed With Unvaccinated COVID Patients?

Opinion | In an article published in The Vaccine Reaction on Aug. 29, 2021 titled “Is it Really a Pandemic of the Unvaccinated?” I wrote about the claim by U.S. health officials that 97 percent of people in the United States who have been hospitalized with COVID-19 are unvaccinated,1 specifically noting that the director of […]

75 Percent COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Among U.S. Hospital Workers

75 Percent COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Among U.S. Hospital Workers

An analysis conducted by WebMD and Medscape Medical News from data collected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2,500 hospitals across the United States revealed that, as of late May 2021, one in four hospital workers caring for patients had not received a COVID-19 vaccination.1 Many Hospital Workers Are Refusing […]

Mandatory Vaccination Lawsuit by Houston Methodist Hospital Employees Dismissed

Mandatory Vaccination Lawsuit by Houston Methodist Hospital Employees Dismissed

In a year in which medical workers have been praised using the popular phrase “health care heroes,” many of these workers find themselves being threatened with suspension or termination for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. Following suspension of 178 employees, a federal court judge in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit in which 117 employees of Houston […]