Supreme Court to hear challenges to Biden's COVID-19 vaccine rules for health care workers & large companies
Cases challenging President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandates will be heard by the Supreme Court. The justices denied a request for an immediate ruling or a nationwide injunction against the Biden administration's orders. The justices said in a brief order Wednesday that they would hear challenges to two of the mandates: his order requiring large employers to require COVID-19 vaccination or testing, and a separate mandate requiring health care workers to be vaccinated. The policies, according to the Biden administration, could affect more than 80 million employees. Over the next six months, OSHA estimates that the vaccine rules will save over 6,500 workers' lives and prevent over 250,000 hospitalizations. The vaccine requirements were part of a series of steps announced by Mr. Biden in September to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the wake of a spike in cases caused by the Delta variant, which caused a surge of infections toward the end of summer. However, both vaccine meas