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Biden to Announce Even More COVID-19 Measures This Week: Surgeon General
epoch times ^ | 12 September A.D. 2021 | Jack Phillips

Posted on 09/12/2021 2:29:32 PM PDT by lightman

President Joe Biden will announce more COVID-19 measures before the United Nations General Assembly meets this week, said U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Murthy did not say what new measures would be announced by Biden.

Last week, the president issued several executive orders mandating that federal contractors, federal workers, and most healthcare staff in the United States get the COVID-19 vaccine. A White House plan also said he would direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, to mandate that employers with 100 or more workers either get the vaccine, require weekly COVID-19 testing, or get fined.

Biden’s announcement on the mandate, which will affect 80 million estimated private-sector employees, drew significant criticism from Republican governors and some business leaders. It’s likely that numerous lawsuits will be filed against the order.

But during the CNN interview, Murthy defended the president’s announcement and mandate to attempt to increase vaccination.

“There will be more actions that we continue to work on, especially in the global front,” he said.

The next session for the U.N. General Assembly starts Tuesday, Sept. 14, in New York City, and the first day of general debate begins the following week. It’s not clear why Murthy tied new COVID-19 measures with the U.N. meeting.

“What the president and what all of us have said as public health leaders from the earliest part of this pandemic is that we have to use every level of government, and we all in the private sector have to do everything we can to tackle this virus,” Murthy also said. “The requirements the president announced are an example of that.”

In a separate interview with ABC News, Murthy also defended the mandates, saying that when private companies such as Tyson Foods made vaccines a requirement, it increased the U.S. vaccination rate.

“We know that these kinds of requirements actually work to improve our vaccination rates,” Murthy said. “Tyson Foods, for example, which put in a vaccine requirement recently saw that its vaccination rate went from 45 percent to more than 70 percent in a very short period of time and they’re not even at their deadline yet.” But Republicans said they will file lawsuits against the mandate when it is handed down by the federal government. They described the forthcoming rules as draconian and designed to further divide Americans.

I’ve been talking to my attorney general, he is coordinating with the other attorneys general across the country who share similar views about the overreach,” Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts told Fox News on Sunday. “As we see what these rules are we will be able to know exactly how we will be able to challenge them in court. I’m also talking with my colleagues around the country as well the other governors who feel the way I do, and we’ll be working on other strategies,” he added.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson told CNN Sunday that the vaccine mandates will “[harden] the resistance” that some individuals have to vaccines.

“I’m trying to overcome [vaccine] resistance, but the president’s actions in a mandate hardens the resistance,” he said.

Other governors suggested they would follow suit.

“I will pursue every legal option available to the state of Georgia to stop this blatantly unlawful overreach by the Biden administration,” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wrote last week. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, called the rule an “assault on private businesses,” adding that “Texas is already working to halt this power grab.” The Epoch Times has contacted the White House for additional comment.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; covid19; covid1984; mandate; tyranny; unitednations; unitedstates; vaccination; vaccine
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To: lightman

Mr Murthy is the South Park stand in for Mr Hankey


41 posted on 09/12/2021 6:21:18 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: AndyJackson

Not really fraud at all... it unfortunately and clearly had the word tax written into it... so it’s congress that should get bashed too.

Light up the stupid republican party while you are at..


42 posted on 09/12/2021 6:29:43 PM PDT by Article10 (Roger That)
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To: Article10

It’s not fraud. It is a childish intellectual swindle. Smartest guy in the room without a lick of wisdom or common sense. And a total cop-out and coward.


43 posted on 09/12/2021 6:59:16 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

Instead of the courage of his convictions he has the convictions derived from his cowardace.


44 posted on 09/12/2021 7:00:07 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

May be but the reality is the word tax was in the bill.

I’d rather have a less-than-optimal decision then a bunch of judges creating legislation. I think in the long run we dodged a bullet and avoided a precedent for a more liberal Supreme Court in the future. And I do believe John Roberts is a scumbag. A true weasel if there’s ever been one


45 posted on 09/12/2021 7:07:49 PM PDT by Article10 (Roger That)
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To: Jane Long

Yea, not sure it’s Biden’s angle. Those surrounding him.


46 posted on 09/13/2021 5:34:25 AM PDT by servantboy777
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