by Ace
Norms — they’re what’s for dinner.
President Joe Biden on Thursday is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant that is killing thousands each week and jeopardizing the nation’s economic recovery.The expansive rules mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans. And the roughly 17 million workers at health facilities that receive federal Medicare or Medicaid also will have to be fully vaccinated.
From the website of the illegally occupied White House, it specifies that it will change the rules of OSHA to mandate this.
No need to ask Congress to empower OSHA to do this or write the new law itself. No, Biden will just direct the Deep State bureaucrats at OSHA to write a new law.
Oh I’m sorry — a new “rule.” It’s not a law requiring the constitutional process of Congress passing it because the bureaucrats say it’s not.Biden is also signing an executive order to require vaccination for employees of the executive branch and contractors who do business with the federal government — with no option to test out. That covers several million more workers….After months of using promotions to drive the vaccination rate, Biden is taking a much firmer hand, as his aides blame people who have not yet received shots for the sharp rise in cases that is killing more than 1,000 people per day and imperiling a fragile economic rebound.
“A much firmer hand.” Say, remember all the heavy breathing about Trump being an authoritarian?
…An AP-NORC poll conducted in August found that 54% of Americans approved of Biden’s stewardship of the public health crisis, down from 66% the month before, driven by a drop in support from Republicans and political independents.
So, fascism to the rescue of an unpopular, failing government.
What a plot twist...In addition to the vaccination requirements, Biden is moving to double federal fines for airline passengers who refuse to wear masks on flights or to maintain face covering requirements on federal property in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.Biden was also to announce that the federal government will work to increase the supply of virus tests, and that the White House has secured concessions from retailers including Walmart, Amazon, and Kroger to sell at-home testing kits at cost beginning this week.
Great, more money for the megacorporations that scooped up all the money during the lockdowns.