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Regime Scraps Vaccine Requirement For Businesses

From USA Today, but I’m sure there are other links:

Biden scraps vaccine requirement for businesses, weighs options after Supreme Court defeat

They’re probably thanking they’re lucky stars at this point:

The Biden administration is officially withdrawing its requirement that most workers be vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19 – the controversial rule the Supreme Court blocked from enforcement earlier this month.

The administration will also be asking the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss the case.

But the federal agency that regulates workplace safety said Tuesday it is still considering whether the vaccinate-or-test rule should be imposed on a non-emergency basis, which could have a better chance of surviving another legal challenge, if it is more narrowly targeted.

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Chris Spear, the head of the American Trucking Associations, said the rule would have been disastrous for “an already-overstressed supply chain.”

“The Supreme Court bounced it, and we are pleased to see the agency has now formally withdrawn it, sending this (rule) to the dustbin where it belongs,” Spear said in a statement.

New, non-emergency mandates? Don’t hold your breath. And what a nice touch by USA Today—calling the mandate “the controversial rule.” As if the regime hadn’t backed it in the first place.