Biden administration asks a federal court to revive workplace vaccine mandate

Biden seeks to revive workplace vaccine mandate The Biden administration on Tuesday asked a federal court to reinstate a workplace vaccine mandate that was put on hold earlier this month. John Kruzel TheHill

The Biden administration on Tuesday asked a federal court to reinstate a workplace vaccine mandate that was put on hold earlier this month. 

In court papers filed overnight, the administration urged a Cincinnati-based federal appeals court to lift a court order blocking the public health rule, which requires larger businesses to have employees receive the COVID-19 vaccine or undergo regular testing and mask-wearing.

“Delaying this standard would endanger many thousands of people and would likely cost many lives per day,” government lawyers argued. “With the reopening of workplaces and the emergence of the highly transmissible Delta variant, the threat to workers is ongoing and overwhelming.”

The administration’s request is the most significant legal move the administration has made since the case was moved earlier this month to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, where numerous legal challenges to the mandate have been combined into a single lawsuit. ...