Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans any COVID-19 vaccine mandates -- including for private employers

[LetMyPeopleVote]

My lawfirm and most other lawfirms have vaccine requirements

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COVID-19 vaccine requirements by government agencies, cities, counties and school districts were already banned by a previous executive order — which is currently being fought in court by San Antonio Independent School District. The Legislature also already passed into law a ban on so-called vaccine passports — which would allow businesses to require proof of vaccination to receive service. However, Texas had up to this point allowed private businesses to require vaccines of their own employees.

The latest move appears to be partly motivated by President Joe Biden's actions in September that required all employers with more than 100 workers to be vaccinated or test weekly for the virus.

"In yet another instance of federal government overreach, the Biden Administration is now bullying many private entities into imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates, causing workforce disruptions that threaten Texas's continued recovery from the COVID-19 disaster," Abbott said in his order.

[secondwind]

1. This asshat is focused on recovery and moving on, but doesn't want to do the hard stuff............

I cannot even.......

[Brainfodder]

2. If he dies, I have no tears available!

I get that way after a celebratory toke every once in a while!

Strain side effects vary greatly, but dry eyes is one of the most common.

[LisaL]

10. He is vaccinated, and when he tested positive for covid, he had gotten an antibody treatment,

so he isn't planning on dying any time soon.

[Brainfodder]

13. Not concerned, that was just fancy pronouncement of him being gold star'd on the shit list?

[FakeNoose]

3. So in other words, he's happy to chase businesses and jobs out of Texas

Yep that's the way to get re-elected, just like Chump did!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Greg Abbott has stripped away what little power we had to try and get ahead of the Delta variant.

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[brer cat]

7. I hope there are enough law firms and other sane businesses to take him on in court.

[gratuitous]

5. Big government meddling in the affairs of the job creators

What is a headline you won't see in the popular media to describe this, Mayim?

[wcmagumba]

6. Is he assuming unitary power over private industry?

Sounds illegal to me...(not a lawyer)...

[Dirty Socialist]

8. I smell a lawsuit

That can’t be constitutional

[ShazzieB]

15. I smell multiple lawsuits!

Bring them on and we'll all watch him look like a fool when this bull pucky is struck down.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. The litigation on this executive order will be fun to watch

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[In It to Win It]

9. This man doesn't stop performing in this circus of his own creation

[sakabatou]

16. Abbot isn't performing in the circus, he IS the circus.

[rdking647]

11. what should be done

the federal government should to the following
1) ban all air travel into and out of texas airports
2) ban cruise ships from docking
in addition every sports league should announce that no games may be played in texas. every entertainer should boycott the state

[Sabuca]

12. Poor Texans

They will suffer because of the decisions of the right wing governor.

[Doodley]

14. No wonder Texas is soon to be the number one state for total covid deaths.

[Liberal In Texas]

17. When did these repub governors become dictators?

I don't remember governors having this much power in the past.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. I miss the days when the Republicans hated big government

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[Initech]

19. Are Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis in a race to see who can be the worst human in the country?

Because these two are at the top of my shit list!