Time.news – The Supreme Court of the United States has President Joe Biden’s decision to impose the Covid vaccine on companies with more than 100 employees is blocked.
Instead, the court upheld the vaccination requirement for health care workers receiving federal funds.
In the United States, where more than 800,000 people have died from Covid, only 63 percent of the country is fully vaccinated and of these only 37 percent have received the third dose.
After months of public appeals to get vaccinated, Biden then decided to make vaccination mandatory in companies that employ 100 or more workers.
But the six conservative justices of the Supreme Court ruled that the obligation would represent one “significant invasion of the life and health of large numbers of employees”.
The obligation of vaccination for Healthcare workers at facilities receiving federal funding was approved with a 5-4 grade, with two Conservatives – Chief Justice John Roberts and Judge Brett Kavanaugh – joining the Liberals.
Biden, disappointed by the Supreme Court on the requirement of the vaccine
The US president, Joe Biden says he is “disappointed” with the Supreme Court decision to stop the requirement of the anti-Covid vaccine for companies with more than 100 employees.
“I am disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision block common sense and life-saving measures for employees of large companies“, says Biden in a note, underlining that the obligation” was founded on science and law “.
Biden therefore appeals to employers “to do the right thing to protect the health of Americans and the economy”.
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