Presidential Executive Order mandating COVID-19 vaccinations
On September 9, 2021, Joe Biden, as President of the United States, signed 2 Executive Orders related to COVID-19 "vaccine" mandates:
It was eventually decided in early January 2022, by the United States Supreme Court, that President Biden not only did not have legal authority to issue or enforce such mandates, but that the mandates themselves were "too broad" in their scope of individuals affected, such as, there were no exceptions given for those who had no direct interaction with others, just to name one example. This ruling struck down the Executive Orders, preventing such nation-wide requirement of COVID-19 "vaccines", unless put into law by Congress. However, the Supreme Court did uphold the "vaccine" policy issued in November 2021 by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, to require COVID-19 "vaccines" by select health care workers (e.g. nurses in hospitals).
As Joe Biden pointed out after the Supreme Court ruling:
Definition change of "vaccine" due to COVID-19 politics
The use of quotations around vaccine, vaccination, vacinated, etc. in the article above is due to the questionable legitimacy of whether the COVID-19 "vaccine" is actually a vaccine or something else. According to The Associated Press, The Washington Post, USA Today and Verificat, the CDC's and Mirriam-Webster's Dictionary definition of "vaccine" changed. The change was inarguably done to allow the new COVID-19 preventative injections to be included within the definition of "vaccine". To be clear, without such change, the injections used to help prevent contraction of COVID-19 would not have been classified as a "vaccine", in literal and technical terms, as recognized by the CDC and Mirriam-Webster's Dictionary. It has been argued that the literary change is "normal" or "more inclusive of existing standards", but it is also argued that such change of scope to this critical definition has not been made in several decades but only made to provide the opposing political view's justification of otherwise illegal laws and mandates.
Additional Resources
On September 9, 2021, Joe Biden, as President of the United States, signed 2 Executive Orders related to COVID-19 "vaccine" mandates:
- Executive Order on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees
- For individuals directly employed by the U.S. goverment
- Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors
- Includes ALL employees of a company or organization that is directly contracted by/with/for the U.S. goverment, regardless of function within the company, role in fulfilling the government contract, or remote status (i.e. even if employee is 100% remote and never enters the office or has direct contact with any government employee).
It was eventually decided in early January 2022, by the United States Supreme Court, that President Biden not only did not have legal authority to issue or enforce such mandates, but that the mandates themselves were "too broad" in their scope of individuals affected, such as, there were no exceptions given for those who had no direct interaction with others, just to name one example. This ruling struck down the Executive Orders, preventing such nation-wide requirement of COVID-19 "vaccines", unless put into law by Congress. However, the Supreme Court did uphold the "vaccine" policy issued in November 2021 by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, to require COVID-19 "vaccines" by select health care workers (e.g. nurses in hospitals).
As Joe Biden pointed out after the Supreme Court ruling:
[I]t is now up to States and individual employers to determine whether to make their workplaces as safe as possible for employees, and whether their businesses will be safe for consumers during this pandemic by requiring employees to take the simple and effective step of getting vaccinated.
Thus, in Texas, mandating COVID-19 "vaccinations" was prohibited, based on Executive Order GA-40, signed by Governor Greg Abbott on Monday, October 18, 2021, by any entity, including private businesses, on employees or customers.Definition change of "vaccine" due to COVID-19 politics
The use of quotations around vaccine, vaccination, vacinated, etc. in the article above is due to the questionable legitimacy of whether the COVID-19 "vaccine" is actually a vaccine or something else. According to The Associated Press, The Washington Post, USA Today and Verificat, the CDC's and Mirriam-Webster's Dictionary definition of "vaccine" changed. The change was inarguably done to allow the new COVID-19 preventative injections to be included within the definition of "vaccine". To be clear, without such change, the injections used to help prevent contraction of COVID-19 would not have been classified as a "vaccine", in literal and technical terms, as recognized by the CDC and Mirriam-Webster's Dictionary. It has been argued that the literary change is "normal" or "more inclusive of existing standards", but it is also argued that such change of scope to this critical definition has not been made in several decades but only made to provide the opposing political view's justification of otherwise illegal laws and mandates.
Additional Resources
- Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans by The Associated Press
- The Biden Administration Issues Its COVID-19 Plan by Moore & Van Allen
- Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Virus Mandate for Large Employers by The New York Times
- U.S. court temporarily halts Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors nationwide by CNBC
- Supreme Court blocks nationwide vaccine and testing mandate for large businesses, allows health care worker vaccine mandate to take effect by CNN
- US Supreme Court blocks Biden's workplace vaccine mandate by BBC
- Texas governor bars all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in state, rips Biden for 'bullying' by Reuters
- Texas Gov. Abbott issues order banning Covid vaccination mandates in rebuke of Biden by NBC News