Fri Sep 10, 2021 – 5:05 pm EDT
PORTLAND, Oregon (LifeSiteNews) – Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler will not be able to impose a coronavirus vaccine mandate on the city’s police force after receiving legal guidance from his city attorney and Oregon’s health department on September 8. In Portland, the mayor is also the police commissioner.
Wheeler had attempted to use an August 19 executive order from Democratic Oregon Governor Kate Brown that mandated coronavirus injections for all healthcare workers in the state.
“Health care workers will be required to be fully vaccinated by October 18 or six weeks after full FDA approval, whichever is later,” the order mandated. An alternative regular testing regime has been removed.
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People of goodwill can disagree about the safety, efficacy and religious implications of a new vaccine for the coronavirus.
But, everyone should agree on this point:
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