COVID-19 live updates: US at ‘inflection point’ heading into winter months – ABC News

Posted: November 5, 2021 at 10:12 pm

Over two dozen stateshave filed lawsuits aimed at dismantling the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate that affects nearly two-thirds of the workforce.

Nearly 100 million workers will be required to get the vaccine by Jan. 4, with some allowed to test weekly instead, under federal rules released Thursday.

Since then, five lawsuitsinvolving 26 Republican-led states combined have been filed in federal court seeking to overturn what they claim is an unlawful mandate.

Seven states -- Idaho,Kansas,Kentucky,Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia -- fileda lawsuitagainst OSHA in the 6th Circuit.

Eleven others-- Alaska,Arizona,Arkansas,Iowa,Missouri, Montana,Nebraska,New Hampshire,North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming --joined together to filea lawsuit against Biden and OSHA in the 8th Circuit.

Five states -- Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina,Texasand Utah -- filed a lawsuit against OSHAin the 5th Circuit, and three more -- Alabama,Florida and Georgia -- filedin the 11th Circuit.

The Biden administration has said lawsuits were expected but that the federal government should win in court.

The administration clearly has the authority to protect workers, and actions announced by the president are designed to save lives and stop the spread of COVID,White HousespokeswomanKarine Jean-Pierresaid Thursday.

-ABC News' Cheyenne Haslett

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