It will go to SCOTUS, but we may not like the result. I wish I did not have to write that, but I have lost a lot of faith in the “Roberts court” even when the issue appears very clear and obvious.
These stays and decisions at the circuit level should propel this immediately to SCOTUS. I have read the arguments on both sides that appear highly focused on legal nuance and past precedent.
However, I am most disappointed that the court(s) will not entertain the most obvious issue.... the vaccines we are mandating DO NOT provide lasting protection against the current variant(s). I used to believe they did, but show me the science that supports any efficacy.
They say it over and over yet all of us know vaccinated people who have gotten sick and/or even died. I think many of us know people who had adverse reactions to the vaccine.
Based on statistics it is obvious that the media maligned therapeutics have a much better benefit with extremely low risk of any adverse reaction. I would like to see that presented to court. If I have a less than 1% chance of death or serious injury from the virus AND there are treatments that have a better than 50% chance of success where is the scientific justification for me to get a vaccine that DOES NOT stop me from spreading the virus to other persons (their justification - not mine)?
That should be the argument because the vaccines have not succeeded in their stated purpose given that we will now need a continual flow of boosters for new variants or as “immunity” wanes. I would rather rely on the horse dewormer, quercetin, and my supplements and know that I would qualify for monoclonals if needed over a shot that is ineffective and potentially risky.
That is my .02. This whole thing has become a theater of the absurd mixed with politics and corruption.
The uncontested “vax only” argument has had its day, Biden foolishly decided to jump on it and try to extend it just by harnessing the hatred of the vaxxers against the unvaxxed. Bill Maher getting Chris Coons to agree that natural immunity likely as good or better shows the direction it goes from here. Not even the cowards that Trump put on the court are going to want to be embarrassed by the backlash that is so obviously coming.