Nearly three years after pandemic start, Abbott reiterates support for ban on mandatory vaccines
Signal from Abbott It’s the latest in a trend of actions governors have taken on vaccine mandatesrecently joined a letter to congressional leaders urging Congress to lift vaccination mandates for military service members. Congressmen responded by amending the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). If approved, the ban will be lifted.
Mandatory vaccination has been a turbulent political issue since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Numerous federal orders have been legally challenged and repealed, including orders against private employers with 100 or more employees.
In Texas, Abbott Executive Order Prohibiting Mandatory Vaccines From October 2021 onwards, by both government agencies and private employers on an ongoing basis had previously asked Congress to codify the ordersomething that lawmakers failed to achieve.
The governor reiterated the statewide disaster declaration that it implemented for COVID-19 in March 2020. ”
Abbott repeated his stance, Congress codifies ban in last week’s tweet: “We hope that this session will introduce legislation to ban all Covid vaccine mandates in Texas. ”
The news was well received by two lawmakers.
Rep. Brian Harrison (R-Waxahatchee) and Senator-elect Mays Middleton (R-Wallisville) release statements praising Abbott’s post, enacting a ban filed by the two announced the bill.
According to the release Law called “Texas COVID Vaccine Freedom Act” Bans all government and private orders requiring COVID-19 vaccines in the state.
“Mandatory COVID Vaccines destroy medical freedom There is no place in Texas,” lawmakers wrote in a joint statement.
“Governor. Abbott is just right to demand a law prohibiting themWe will work with him to pass the “Texas COVID Vaccine Freedom Act” so that he can sign into law the boldest assertion of individual liberty regarding COVID vaccine mandates and America’s most comprehensive ban. I look forward to doing. Texas will lead the nation in the fight against the tyrannical COVID Vaccine Directive at the next session. ”
Notably, Harrison served as Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the Trump administration and played a role in launching Operation Warpspeed, a White House initiative that led to the rapid development of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Lawmakers elaborated on the decision to apply for the ban, citing “nearly two years of empirical data on COVID-19 vaccines” that argue the vaccine is not very effective in preventing transmission of the virus.
They also discussed how mandates are being implemented, such as unvaccinated healthy health workers being laid off and vaccinated workers who are actively infected with the virus being called in to treat patients. It also explained how it gave “counter-intuitive” results to
Harrison too Released several documents addressing questions and facts About the Texas COVID Vaccine Freedom Act.
https://thetexan.news/nearly-three-years-after-pandemics-start-abbott-reiterates-support-for-banning-vaccine-mandates/ Nearly three years after pandemic start, Abbott reiterates support for ban on mandatory vaccines