The world-famous coffee giant Starbucks has come under fire for scrapping the Covid-19 vaccine mandate, with calls to ‘boycott Starbucks’ flooding social media. Both customers and Starbucks baristas say they refuse to support a place, no matter how iconic, which does not require employee vaccinations. “Who wants unvaccinated people handling …
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State Sen. Richard Pan introduced the Keep Schools Open and Safe Act on Monday, which would nix exemptions from the Covid vaccine based on personal beliefs. Pan, a pediatrician who represents a Sacramento area, said that the pandemic has caused “disruption, anxiety, and trauma” for families in the state, and …
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s order for everyone to wear masks in public was shut down by a New York State Supreme Court judge, who ruled that such decisions must be passed by lawmakers instead. Judge Thomas Rademaker ruled on Monday that the New York State Legislature was the only …
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Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Washington, DC on Sunday in protest of Covid-19 vaccine mandates, with protesters calling for an end to medical ‘segregation’. Protesters chanted, “My body, my choice,” “No mandates,” and “We the people will not comply” as they marched from the Washington Monument to the …
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Activists are calling for the arrest of a Virginia mother after she appeared to threaten school board members with “loaded guns” over a mask mandate in place. Police have responded by saying they are increasing their presence at Page County Public Schools in Laray, Virginia. The mother, identified as Amelia …
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The Greek prime minister has made a final appeal to the country’s senior citizens to get inoculated before monthly punishments for violating the country’s vaccination mandate kick in next week. “Our fellow citizens who are over 60 and still unvaccinated – I encourage them today: take this step,” Prime Minister …
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Newly sworn-in Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin pulled mandates requiring children to wear masks and state employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as part of his first day in office. After defeating Democratic candidate and former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe in the November 2021 gubernatorial election, Youngkin – a Republican – …
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An outdoor mask mandate in France’s Paris region has been struck down by a judge, who called the rule a major violation of citizens’ liberties just two weeks after it was reimposed. The Paris Administrative Tribunal ruled against the masking policy on Thursday, according to AFP, rejecting the mandate as …
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The White House has claimed the Supreme Court has blocked “common-sense life saving requirements for employers” by opposing President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 mandate on US businesses. In a Thursday statement, the president said he is “disappointed” in the court’s decision and claimed his much-contested mandate for businesses with 100 or …
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The US Supreme Court has stayed the enforcement of the Biden administration’s Covid-19 jab requirement for businesses with 100 or more employees, rolled out as an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule. The 6-3 decision was announced on Thursday, with the liberal-leaning justices Breyer, Kagan and Sotomayor dissenting. Announced …
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