Biden Doubles Down On Vaccine Mandate

Joe Biden is defending his highly-controversial COVID-19 vaccine mandate despite constitutional challenges and litigations by a number of states. He addressed construction workers in Elk Grove Village, Illinois Thursday. The Delaware native played down skepticism of his mandate by pointing to current vaccination requirements for other ailments.

“We’ve been living with these requirements throughout our lives: students, health care professionals, our troops have been required to see vaccination for everything from polio to measles to mumps to rubella,” Biden stated. “And the reason most people in America don’t worry about polio, measles, mumps, rubella is because they’ve been vaccinated.”

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had initially released a vaccination requirement for private employers in September. Biden announced the Department of Labor will be attempting the expedite his administration’s order.

“The Labor Department is going to shortly issue an emergency rule, which I asked for several weeks ago, and they’re going through the process to require all employers with more than 100 people, whether they work for the federal government,” he stated. “This is within the purview of the Labor Department to ensure their workers are fully vaccinated.”