Wed Jan 12, 2022 – 2:51 pm EST
RICHMOND, Virginia (LifeSiteNews) — Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin said his administration will join challenges to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates upon taking office.
Youngkin is succeeding Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam.
The state could join as a party to federal vaccine mandates, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandate on employers with more than 100 employees. The Biden administration has also mandated that medical facilities receiving Medicare and Medicaid dollars jab their employees.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) jab mandate is pending in half of the states. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on January 7 in the challenge to the OSHA mandate and could rule before the new administration takes office on January 15.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has caused heartbreaking health, societal, and economic loss and suffering throughout the Commonwealth and the United States,” Youngkin and Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares said in a statement from the transition team press office. “Our children have experienced severe learning loss and developmental challenges that will last decades, strained and stressed hospital systems are suffering from an historic staffing crisis, and a crippled supply chain has driven
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