Octopus Overlords

LawBeefaroni wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:27 pm

Daehawk wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:25 pm Chicago - "So I see you have chosen death"

Chicago chose to mandate. Federal and county judges chose to block the mandate (temporarily).

FWIW, the cops didn't have to be vaccinated until the end of the year. The nurses had to be vaccinated by midnight on 10/31.

President Joe Biden will begin enforcing his mandate that private-sector workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly starting Jan. 4, in a reprieve to companies struggling with labor shortages during the crucial U.S. holiday season.

U.S. officials on Thursday also said a requirement that federal contractors be vaccinated was moved back a month to the same date. Millions of workers in healthcare facilities and nursing homes participating in Medicare and Medicaid will need to get their shots by Jan. 4 as well.

Biden established the requirements to raise vaccination rates and get more people back to work. But in numerous meetings with companies and industry groups representing retailers, logistics companies, construction workers, executives asked the administration to delay the implementation deadline after the New Year, citing concerns about worker shortages.

Employers will also not be required to provide or pay for tests and the rule offers medical and religious exemptions.

Failure to comply with the mandate will result in an approximately $14,000 fine per violation with a scale that increases with several violations, senior administration officials said. They did not offer clarity on whether workers will be fired if they refuse to get the shot or tested.

Smoove_B wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:02 am Business wins:

They did not offer clarity on whether workers will be fired if they refuse to get the shot or tested.

malchior wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:32 am https://mobile.twitter.com/keithboykin/ ... 1899122688

stessier wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:32 am What other option is there? Unpaid indefinite furlough?

Smoove_B wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:38 am

stessier wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:32 am What other option is there? Unpaid indefinite furlough?

If you work in a manufacturing facility and refuse to wear PPE or follow safety regulations, how many hours does it take to get fired?

AZ Supreme Court justices uphold ruling that blocks state's mask mandate ban

Justices on the Arizona State Supreme Court have upheld a judgment from a lower court that found a mask mandate ban passed by the GOP-controlled state legislature as having violated the state's constitution. FOX 10's Matt Galka reports.

Newsmax is implementing a vaccine mandate and is requiring all employees to be vaxxed by Jan. 4, or undergo weekly COVID tests.

Railing against vax mandates has been a regular feature of Newsmax programming.

In the brief order, a three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said that the petitioners in the case -- Republican-led states and private businesses -- "give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the Mandate."

The court asked the government to respond by 5 p.m. on Monday and said it would expedite the case. The court did not specify whether its order would have nationwide effect or would only apply to the states under its jurisdiction.

This headline is inappropriately alarmist given the content of the paper.

It will obviously be misused by anti vaxxers.

I thought it worth a short thread to highlight what it means.

TL;DR nothing in this paper undermine trust in data on BioNtech / Pfizer trials.

Daehawk wrote:I dont care what the stupid do.

They're actually going after... Big Bird for promoting the COVID vaccine?

Imagine being triggered by a fictional character promoting a vaccine that has already saved countless lives.

There is a viral disease

Where most infections are mild, asymptomatic

With a very low fatality rate

And large age gradient: kids are even lower risk than adults

And less than 1% of kids have any serious complications at all

Yup

Polio

And we vaccinate against it

Gov. Tom Wolf said he plans to lift the state’s K-12 school mask mandate on January. 17, 2022, leaving the decision on masking to local officials.

In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy suggested changes could be coming here, too, at his Monday coronavirus briefing.

“The executive order for mask mandates in schools, and I’m not suggesting this is the date... January 11 that expires,” he said. “I hope this is the beginning of a process. I can’t tell you when, it won’t be today, but sooner than later.”

Skinypupy wrote: Mon Nov 08, 2021 1:45 pm

Polio

And we vaccinate against it

Zaxxon wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 10:26 pm Surprising no one here, A huge number of US adults lack basic critical thinking skills.

38% of US adults believe government is faking COVID-19 death toll

Remus West wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:24 am It would be great if I could muster up some sympathy for him but all that tweet does is make me hope his loss serves as a prompt for other holdouts to go get vaccinated.

LordMortis wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:30 am

Remus West wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:24 am It would be great if I could muster up some sympathy for him but all that tweet does is make me hope his loss serves as a prompt for other holdouts to go get vaccinated.

+1, but it won't and it hurts to know this at the personal level.