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There's Actually No Vax Policy

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The other day I saw a story that confirmed my surmise about having OSHA issue a national workplace vax policy, as Biden had announced: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has yet to release a draft to force private businesses to mandate coronavirus vaccines or implement rigorous testing requirements, nearly two weeks after President Joe Biden made the demand. The normal rule making process involves not just drafts, but public comment periods, advance notice, and so forth. But as I posted on September 16 , OSHA doesn't have the staff or budget to enforce such a policy, which in any case is months from implementation. But employers who would be affected can't file suit against the policy until it's published and goes into effect, which delays likely reversal in the courts. In fact, we could even think this is deliberate. It reminds me of the complaint in a recent New Yorker piece : The Biden Presidency, on both...