Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said the Biden administration is “prepared to defend” its COVID-19 vaccine rule for companies with 100 or more employees after a federal appeals court temporarily blocked it. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy tells @MarthaRaddatz that the Biden administration is “prepared to defend” sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandates against legal challenges, says new requirements are "appropriate and necessary.” https://t.co/wBePNDjF7m pic.twitter.com/B3ZVCk6ODt — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 7, 2021“It’s important we take every measure possible to make our workplaces safer,” Murthy said. “Let’s step back a moment and look at why these are so important,” Murthy said in response to the opposition. “Throughout our history, we have seen that we have used vaccine requirements to protect the population. In the 1800s, schools started having vaccine requirements.”Advertisement

Source: Huffington Post November 08, 2021 04:16 UTC