The six justices that voted against the adminisration's OSHA regulations took the decision of medical competence out of the hands of doctors and advisers to OSHA and made up their own rules.
I would be surprised if any business would open themselves upto lawsuits if people became ill. Businesses need their brain trust and if they fall ill and have adverse outcomes the businesses will not only pay in sick leave, but, their treasuries, even if the Supreme Court gave them a pat on the back for doing so.
The AMA did not agree with the Supreme Court.
January 3, 2022
...The AMA said that, *click here) backed by science and rigorous clinical testing, the use of COVID-19 vaccines has proven to be the safest, most effective way to prevent viral spread in high transmission areas such as the workplace....
President Biden can ask for voluntary compliance with the vaccine mandate and/or testing and mask alternative. I think the mandates have worked. All the statistics point to it.
By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko
...“OSHA has never before imposed such a mandate. (click here) Nor has Congress. Indeed, although Congress has enacted significant legislation addressing the COVID–19 pandemic, it has declined to enact any measure similar to what OSHA has promulgated here,” the conservatives wrote in an unsigned opinion.
In dissent, the court's three liberals argued that it was the court that was overreaching by substituting its judgments for health experts. “Acting outside of its competence and without legal basis, the Court displaces the judgments of the Government officials given the responsibility to respond to workplace health emergencies," Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a joint dissent.
The vaccine mandate that the court will allow to be enforced nationwide covers virtually all health care workers in the country.
More than 208 million Americans, 62.7% of the population, are fully vaccinated, and more than a third of those have received booster shots, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All nine justices have gotten booster shots....
In dissent, the court's three liberals argued that it was the court that was overreaching by substituting its judgments for health experts. “Acting outside of its competence and without legal basis, the Court displaces the judgments of the Government officials given the responsibility to respond to workplace health emergencies," Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a joint dissent.
The vaccine mandate that the court will allow to be enforced nationwide covers virtually all health care workers in the country.
More than 208 million Americans, 62.7% of the population, are fully vaccinated, and more than a third of those have received booster shots, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All nine justices have gotten booster shots....
