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Related: About this forumTexas Gov. Greg Abbott bans any COVID-19 vaccine mandates -- including for private employers
My lawfirm and most other lawfirms have vaccine requirements
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COVID-19 vaccine requirements by government agencies, cities, counties and school districts were already banned by a previous executive order which is currently being fought in court by San Antonio Independent School District. The Legislature also already passed into law a ban on so-called vaccine passports which would allow businesses to require proof of vaccination to receive service. However, Texas had up to this point allowed private businesses to require vaccines of their own employees.
The latest move appears to be partly motivated by President Joe Biden's actions in September that required all employers with more than 100 workers to be vaccinated or test weekly for the virus.
"In yet another instance of federal government overreach, the Biden Administration is now bullying many private entities into imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, causing workforce disruptions that threaten Texas's continued recovery from the COVID-19 disaster," Abbott said in his order.
The latest move appears to be partly motivated by President Joe Biden's actions in September that required all employers with more than 100 workers to be vaccinated or test weekly for the virus.
"In yet another instance of federal government overreach, the Biden Administration is now bullying many private entities into imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, causing workforce disruptions that threaten Texas's continued recovery from the COVID-19 disaster," Abbott said in his order.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans any COVID-19 vaccine mandates -- including for private employers (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Oct 2021
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Greg Abbott has stripped away what little power we had to try and get ahead of the Delta variant.
LetMyPeopleVote
Oct 2021
#1
Profane and simplistic, but fuck Greg Abbott and his trumphumper bullshit.
Comfortably_Numb
Oct 2021
#2
There are still a disgusting number of trump flags when you get out in the rural areas.
Comfortably_Numb
Oct 2021
#4
Dallas Regional Chamber issues statement on Texas Gov. Abbott's mandate banning vaccine requirement
LetMyPeopleVote
Oct 2021
#8
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,998 posts)1. Greg Abbott has stripped away what little power we had to try and get ahead of the Delta variant.
Comfortably_Numb
(3,776 posts)2. Profane and simplistic, but fuck Greg Abbott and his trumphumper bullshit.
Killing Texans day to day. Hope we dont get another freeze because his energy buddies paid his simple ass off and nothing has changed with the grid down here.
2naSalit
(86,031 posts)3. Perhaps a statewide strike..?
That or he could feasibly suffer the fate he champions for Dems in Congress... get physically removed by his constituents.
Comfortably_Numb
(3,776 posts)4. There are still a disgusting number of trump flags when you get out in the rural areas.
These clowns just keep voting for the idiot.
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,998 posts)5. I miss the days when the Republicans hated big government
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,998 posts)6. The litigation on this executive order will be fun to watch
Vogon_Glory
(9,084 posts)7. How many Texans have to die or ruin their health and finances just so
Gregg Abbott and other senior members of the Texas Republican Party can make nice with the zanies and nutcases that control the TRPs right wing?
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,998 posts)8. Dallas Regional Chamber issues statement on Texas Gov. Abbott's mandate banning vaccine requirement