As Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP leaders nationwide threaten a legal challenge against President Joe Biden’s new COVID-19 vaccine requirements, analysts are asking what grounds do the governors have?
The federal mandate announced Thursday includes making private-sector businesses with more than 100 workers order COVID-19 vaccines, or regular COVID-19 testing, for all staff. The rules also require vaccines for more than 17 million health care workers at Medicare and Medicaid- participating hospitals, and other health care facilities.
Biden says the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration — or OSHA — will enforce the requirements.
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