Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton vows to lose again

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he’ll take fight against federal vaccine mandate for large businesses to Supreme Court

by Allyson Waller, Texas Tribune


Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has pledged to take his fight against a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large businesses to the Supreme Court.

That vow came after the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 vote that the mandate set by the Biden administration could go back into effect. Under the directive, companies with more than 100 employees must require that their workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested weekly for the virus. The mandate would affect around 80 million workers.

In an opinion for the ruling, Judge Jane B. Stranch wrote the costs are high for not implementing the federal rule developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

“Fundamentally, the [rule] is an important step in curtailing the transmission of a deadly virus that has killed over 800,000 people in the United States, brought our healthcare system to its knees, forced businesses to shut down for months on end, and cost hundreds of thousands of workers their jobs,” Stranch wrote.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/17/vaccine-mandate-businesses-texas/