OSHA publishes rule to require vaccination / testing

OSHA ^ | 2021/11/04 | OSHA

[Fury]

The ETS on Vaccination and Testing was officially filed in the Office of the Federal Register on November 4, 2021. Find information on the COVID-19 Healthcare ETS or on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).

[VastRWCon]

“Therefore, OSHA is exempting those workers who do not come into contact with others for work purposes from its grave danger finding as well Thad the scope of the ETS.”

From Page63? I hope this is true, at least for us non-vaxed that do work from home. I haven’t been in the office in 8 years and don’t ever plan on going in.

[cgbg]

Good catch—that actually makes sense—even though some companies like Cisco are planning to f&^% over their work at home employees regardless.

[VastRWCon]

Not my catch, hope it is true. see post 100

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4009672/posts?page=100#100

[upchuck]

New social media word for the day: “grave danger.”

COVID survival rates from July 2021 -

0-14 99.9998%
15-44 99.9931%
45-64 99.9294%
65-85 99.9297%
Over 85 98.2499%

[Persevero]

From the headline it seems one can get tested and avoid the shot.

[DEPcom]

“From Page63? I hope this is true, at least for us non-vaxed that do work from home. I haven’t been in the office in 8 years and don’t ever plan on going in.”

I was just reading the FAQ, I think it is true.

Hopefully it is true, I will help support my brother and his wife. She is about to lose her job. My brother runs a small business, but business is not good.

We all have very dark days ahead us; we need to be their for our families.

[FreeperCell]

We are at WAR.

[Tallguy]

One interesting point - Independent Contractors are not subject to the RTS.

I would expect that there will be a move to transition some employees to independent contractors.

I've already received 1 email from a US subsidiary of a German company inquiring about the vaccination status of our employees -- those that might be visiting their facilities, or sub-contractors that might perform work there.

I'm ignoring it for now. This is clearly a blast email using their entire vendor contact list. We supply parts and this request -- legal or not -- wouldn't seem applicable to what we do.

[nicolezmomma]

I think this means the company wouldn’t have grounds to terminate unvaxed teleworkers, but nothing stops the company from creating this policy for any new employees.

[Polynikes]

“I went over to Market Ticker and I didn’t see it?”

If you did you weren’t looking thats why I linked it directly.

You have to click on the link of the most recent ticker.

https://market-ticker.org/cgi-ticker/akcs-www?post=244131

Now click on the blue highlighted phrase

I don’t like this at all.

[rxsid]

JUST IN - OSHA will consider expanding the vaccine mandate to smaller businesses with fewer than 100 employees during a 30-day comment period, according to the U.S. Labor Department
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4009743/posts

[Polynikes]

They used a inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. So I wouldn't expect a “spike protein” plus the study was relatively small.

On page 2
Results
Longitudinal follow-up of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody and neutralizing antibody productions after inoculation of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

What it seems they were looking for is other damage without the Spike protein getting in the way. Apparently they found somethings The focus on the antibodies is bad enough but the A1C remained elevated causing pre-diabetes.

There also was deterioration in both potassium (electrolyte balance) and creatinine levels. That's a kidney damage indicator.

Now with these breakthrough infections that are cropping up allowing re-infection. Well Covid eats diabetics alive. You could roll the dice and get a booster before your AB's drop out and hope everything works out ok. Good luck.

Kidney damage and diabetes are two major co-morbidities that make for a bad outcome. If I had been “Jabbed” I would be watching for a elevated A1C and creatinine levels on a real regular basis. Merry Christmas

[LilFarmer]

I said as soon as the 100 employee limit was mentioned that it was just the beginning, they would push for lower until every small business, no matter the size, was under this mandate.

The IRS snooping in bank accounts will catch all the independent contractors first.

I hope state lawsuits will succeed in shutting this down.

[rxsid]

"I hope state lawsuits will succeed in shutting this down."

Agreed. Seems like the best, quickest way to put an end to this mandate/covid madness.

[rxsid]

...let’s just hope there is a court(s) out there that still has rule of law integrity.

[LilFarmer]

FOR SURE. Will these judges dismiss these cases for standing too, like they did all the election fraud cases?

Ugh.

I know that my husband will shut his business down than do this to his employees. His colleagues say the same.

[Svartalfiar]

I would expect that there will be a move to transition some employees to independent contractors.

Not in California!

[Svartalfiar]

The ETS states that Employers are not responsible for the cost of testing, unless is is negotiated via a CBA, etc.

So who is? The employee? FedGov/taxpayers? What happens if the employer 'requires' testing, but the employee doesn't go pay to have a test done?

What about FLSA? Are employees clocking in for the time spent getting their own testing completed? If they're already at minimum wage, or if those costs put their equivalent pay below it, ANY extra expenses required of employees MUST be reimbursed by the employer. Or does OSHA have the power to allow companies to violate the law?

[CodeJockey]

So does this go straight to the Supreme Court tomorrow?

There has to be thousands of lawsuits taking off now.

[Steve Van Doorn]

What does inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine mean?