A pair of court rulings have temporarily blocked President Biden’s health worker vaccine mandate from going into effect. The pair of rulings come after a federal judge ruled Monday to block the order in 10 states.
The Hill reports:
One ruling, issued by a Louisiana-based federal judge, effectively blocked a vaccine mandate for health workers across the country at hospitals that receive federal funding.
A second ruling, by a Kentucky-based federal judge, paused the administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee.
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The rulings against the health worker mandate both cited concerns that the policy could lead to staffing shortages given the number of vaccine-opposed workers affected.
The other Tuesday ruling — which concerned the federal contractor mandate — was narrower in scope, blocking the policy only as it applies to the three states that were plaintiffs in the case: Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee.
The Monday Missouri court ruling also cited workers concerns the mandate would inevitably lead to staffing shortages in the healthcare industry.