Biden admin to reportedly halt its own vax mandate for fed workers through holidays amid global push
November 30, 2021 | Tom Tillison
The Biden White House is choosing optics over the “concern” for the new strain of the coronavirus known as omicron, which has about 50 mutations across its genome compared to less that 20 by the delta variant.
Citing a meme the network obtained, ABC News reported Monday that the White House’s Office of Management and Budget is telling federal agencies they should hold off on suspending or firing federal workers for not complying with President Biden’s vaccine mandate until after the holidays.
“This change, which has not yet been publicly announced, comes as President Joe Biden is putting pressure on private employers to embrace their own vaccine mandates,” ABC News reported. “Ninety-two percent of federal workers have already had at least one vaccine dose, according to the Office of Management and Budget. The federal workforce’s compliance rate stands at 96.5%, meaning employees have had at least one vaccine dose or have a pending or approved exception or extension request.”
The news comes after a federal appeals court recently halted enforcement of the president’s vaccine and testing requirements for private businesses, calling it “fatally flawed” and “staggeringly overbroad,” the court argued that the decree likely exceeds the federal government’s authority and raises “serious constitutional concerns.” The administration moved to suspend its enforcement of the mandate shortly thereafter, though the push for private employers to ignore the order continued.
As for the omicron variant, the president said on Monday that it’s “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic,” but continued to stress the critical need to get vaccinated.
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