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Leisher wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 11:21 am Co-worker that comes in my office daily and who I lunch with just left because his finance tested positive and he is now showing symptoms.

So cool...

TheCatt wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:13 am It's a satire account, but... I had to check first.

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:41 am LA Unified School District voting on a vax mandate for eligible students.

GORDON wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:05 am That's pretty funny.

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 1:40 pm Tweet no longer exists.

President Joe Biden will announce on Thursday that federal government employees and contractors will now be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will create a rule for private businesses with 100 or more employees to require their employees to be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing, according to senior administration officials.

Biden will lay out his new six-part strategy to combat the delta variant in remarks at 5 p.m. ET.

A senior administration official estimated that this new OSHA requirement will cover about 80 million workers and businesses that do not comply with the agency's rule can face substantial fees -- up to $14,000. OSHA will require these employers to offer paid time off for vaccination.

As part of his effort to vaccinate the federal executive branch, the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Indian Health Service and the National Institutes of Health will complete implementation of their previously announced vaccination requirements that cover 2.5 million people, a source familiar with the plans said.

This is an escalation of the president's action in July calling for federal workers to attest to their vaccination status and submit to mitigation efforts if they are not vaccinated, such as mask usage and regular testing.

The president is also expected to announce that the Transportation Security Administration and interstate travel mask mandate will be extended through Jan. 18, the fine for noncompliance will double and health care facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement must require their employees to be vaccinated. This will cover about 17 million health care workers across the country.

"In total, the new vaccination requirements in the president's plan cover about 100 million workers, that's two thirds of all workers in the United States," a senior administration official said on a briefing call with reporters Thursday afternoon.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:56 am Pretty sure he has no power to do that.

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 4:37 pm

TheCatt wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:56 am Pretty sure he has no power to do that.

Well shit...

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 10:42 pmSemantics.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:27 am

Leisher wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 10:42 pmSemantics.

These are things he does have the power to do, kinda.

Leisher wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:48 am Yeah, I'm betting the lawsuits against this are going to prove that "kinda" to be wrong.

I'd really love for SCOTUS to go after executive orders.