![]() ![]() Cities And States Can Mandate VaccinesĪ 1905 Supreme Court case upheld mandatory vaccination to end a smallpox epidemic in Massachusetts. Some Republican governors have promised to sue the administration for the pending rules, claiming them to be unconstitutional. But the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) full approval of the Pfizer vaccine for use in anyone at least 16 years old strengthened the legal ground on which it will be built. When the federal government’s rules start hasn’t been determined. On Thursday, President Biden announced broad vaccine requirements with the potential to affect approximately 100 million Americans. Vaccination mandates are being implemented across various levels of government and the private sector. Experts believe that mass vaccination combined with vigilant masking is the only realistic path out of the pandemic. Most of the new cases and virtually all of the resulting hospitalizations are among the unvaccinated. Similar to the pandemic’s early days, certain regions are running out of beds in their ICUs. ![]() The Delta variant has COVID case numbers climbing in parts of the country once again. It’s since become clear that the pandemic wasn’t ending so much as entering a new phase. Life was moving toward some sort of new normal. As case numbers fell and vaccination numbers rose, mask mandates eased, and people returned to offices. ( CBS Baltimore) - The COVID pandemic seemed to be waning in the spring. ![]()
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