{"id":1670348,"date":"2022-10-03T15:05:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T19:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1670348"},"modified":"2022-10-03T15:05:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T19:05:46","slug":"supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-biden-administrations-covid-vaccine-mandate-for-health-care-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-biden-administrations-covid-vaccine-mandate-for-health-care-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Biden Administration\u2019s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-biden-administrations-covid-vaccine-mandate-for-health-care-workers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1670348&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court on Oct. 3 rejected a challenge from 1o states to the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers.<\/p>\n<p>Justices turned down a petition to hear the case, which says the mandate imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare &#038; Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2021 is illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Justices did not offer an explanation for their action.<\/p>\n<p>The Missouri Attorney General\u2019s Office, which led the case, did not respond to a request for comment. HHS and CMS did not respond to inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri and other states in May asked the court to review the case, several months after the nation\u2019s top court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/supreme-court-blocks-business-vaccine-rule-declines-to-stay-healthcare-worker-mandate_4211577.html\">reversed a lower court\u2019s block on the mandate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a 5\u20134 ruling, a majority of justices said that the mandate \u201cfalls within the authorities\u201d that Congress gave federal health officials.<\/p>\n<p>They also erroneously stated that health care workers getting COVID-19 vaccines would \u201csubstantially reduce the likelihood that health care workers will contract the virus and transmit it to their patients.\u201d Health officials have acknowledged that the vaccines perform poorly against infection and don\u2019t lower transmission.<\/p>\n<p>In a dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas said that CMS was not granted the \u201cbroad authority\u201d to force health care workers to get a vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling was against a preliminary injunction, leaving open the possibility that the court might ultimately rule for the states.<\/p>\n<p>In their petition, for a hearing, the states said there is no evidence that unvaccinated workers pose a greater risk to patients and said the mandate has exacerbated staffing shortages.\u00a0They also reiterated the belief that the law doesn\u2019t let CMS impose the mandate, which covers every institution that receives money from Medicare or Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>Government lawyers said in reply that the law lets the health secretary implement measures\u00a0\u201cto ensure that the healthcare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Oct. 3 rejected a challenge from 1o states to the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. 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