US Court of Appeals Judge Rejects White House Motion to Reinstate Vaccination Mandate
Last week, a New Orleans court suspended the implementation of US President Joe Biden's executive order directing all business with over 100 employees to vaccinate all by 4 January, 2022.
Panel Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt noted that the mandate had affected swathes of the population and had potential negative effects on the US economy and business.
The judge pointed that businesses faced risks of significant fines for failure to comply and that Biden's order threatened to, in his words, "decimate their workforces and business prospects".
It possibly referred to already emerging protests and strikes by workers at some companies, particularly among those who refuse to be vaccinated. They first emerged after Biden implemented the first part of the mandate that affected federal workers and contractors, some of whom resigned or were suspended, because they refused to be vaccinated.
