Biden still pushing federal worker vaccine mandate despite eased CDC guidelines
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The CDC significantly rolled back its COVID-19 guidelines last week, but the Biden administration is still trying to enforce its federal worker mandate.
Just as President Reagan concluded that federal employees’ off-duty use of illegal drugs could negatively affect their workplaces, Executive Order 14043 reflects a determination that contracting and spreading a contagious virus undermines workplace efficiency. Tyler Olson covers politics for Fox News Digital. You can contact him at tyler.olson@fox.com and follow him on Twitter at @TylerOlson1791.
A panel at the appeals court then ruled for the Biden administration, overturning the trial court. But the Feds for Medical Freedom workers group asked the entire 17-judge appeals court to weigh in. The court agreed, putting its previous ruling on hold and preventing the mandate from being enforced until a final ruling is issued. Now the Biden administration is set to go to court to try to enforce that mandate next month.
But the CDC recently changed its coronavirus guidelines, making recommendations on quarantine and prevention effectively equal between vaccinated and unvaccinated people.