Sat Nov 6, 2021 – 10:15 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A federal appeals court has temporarily halted the Biden administration’s COVID-19 injection mandate that would require businesses with 100 or more employees to force workers to either get the experimental shot or be subject to weekly testing and other requirements.
The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (all of whom are Republican-appointees) issued the Saturday decision in response to a request for a stay submitted by Texas, Utah, Mississippi and South Carolina, as well as a group of businesses that argued they would be negatively affected by the mandate.
The move came just days after the Biden administration released its 490-page document outlining the mandate, which was enacted under the auspices of an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Set to take effect January 4, 2022, the mandate would force employers to “develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy” or require workers to “undergo regular COVID-19 testing and wear a face covering at work in lieu of vaccination.”
The rule would impact some 84 million Americans and slam noncompliant businesses with hefty
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