“A federal judge on Tuesday issued a nationwide injunction against a vaccine mandate for federal contractors ... exceeded his authority”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jo...biden-s-vaccine-mandate-federal-n1285551“Half of Americans Back Biden’s Vaccine-or-Test Mandate for Private Sector, WSJ Poll Finds ... Fifty percent of voters in The Wall Street Journal’s poll said they support the requirements for companies with 100 or more employees, while 47% oppose them ... and a slim majority backs other state and local mandates“
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wsj-poll-biden-covid-19-vaccine-11638899917“Congressional Republicans are planning to ratchet up their attempts to repeal President Biden’s vaccine and testing mandates ... is set to arrive as soon as Wednesday ... specifically targets the Biden administration’s rules that order private businesses to require vaccination or implement comprehensive coronavirus testing for their workers ... hinges on a congressional process to review, and potentially revoke, federal agency regulations. It is likely to secure more than the 51 votes necessary to prevail since the GOP recently gained the support of some Democrats ... The repeal would probably face an uphill battle in the House, and it would see certain veto if it ever reached Biden’s desk ... Another group of GOP lawmakers ... is already preparing a second measure that aims to scrap Biden’s vaccine mandate for medical professionals ... While announcing one of the policies in September, the president fretted that ‘a distinct minority of Americans, supported by a distinct minority of elected officials, are keeping us from turning the corner’ on the pandemic ... workers at major airlines and police departments threatened to quit in response to vaccine rules, only to get immunized anyway ... In September, Marshall and other GOP lawmakers tried to revoke funding for a federal safety agency tasked with enforcing the rules targeting the private sector. But the effort, launched as part of a fight at the time to fund the government, failed soon afterward ... Those same GOP lawmakers then reprised their effort — and expanded it to cover all of Biden’s vaccine mandates — in the days before that September funding agreement expired last week. The spat, which resulted in another defeat, brought the U.S. government to the brink of a shutdown, a disruption that Democrats blasted as detrimental to the country’s pandemic response.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...-vaccine-and-testing-policies/ar-AARBdw9“Ministers are due to meet later to consider moving to their Covid Plan B ... Measures for England under discussion at the Covid Operations committee are expected to include working from home guidance, further rules on masks and some form of Covid certification ... new rules could be announced on Wednesday ... Prime Minister Boris Johnson might hold a press conference later and Health Secretary Sajid Javid could make a statement to the Commons ... Working from home is a key plank of the government's Plan B contingency measures ... Last week, face coverings became mandatory again on public transport and shops in England, bringing it in line with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland“
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59579077“What is Plan B Covid in the UK ... free flu jabs, as well as frequent testing, self-isolation when necessary and the NHS Covid Pass to check vaccination or test status. Plan B on the other hand will mean the return of measures seen in the UK's various lockdowns. This could include making face coverings and vaccine passports mandatory in certain locations, returning to working from home ... Johnson will announce new Plan B measures on December 8, 2021, and they could come into effect ‘as early as tomorrow’ ... border measures being introduced ... Under Plan B all but essential workers will be asked to work remotely ... Vaccine passports - which the Government has been planning to introduce - will also be launched ... At the moment the definition of fully-vaccinated is two jabs rather than three ... Mandatory face masks ... the new measures would be introduced as early as tomorrow morning (December 9)“
https://www.the-sun.com/news/3885484/covid-plan-b-uk/“A third shot of the Pfizer vaccine provides robust protection against the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the head of the pharmaceutical giant revealed on Wednesday morning ...
two doses of the vaccine offer ‘significant reduction’ in antibody response ... said that antibody levels rose by 25 times after a third dose,
restoring immune protection”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/pfizer-says-its-booster-blocks-omicron/ar-AARBQqc—
“BioNTech CEO: Potentially upcoming vaccine for the #Omicron variant ‘should be a 3-dose vaccine’”
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1468591081017290767?s=21“For those vaccinated: 2 + booster. Then, 3 more doses for #Omicron, if needed, pending further analysis”
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1468591828790300672?s=21“MORE - BioNTech CEO recommends getting 3rd booster shot of the current vaccine now rather than waiting for the new doses for the #Omicron variant.”
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1468600479621996551?s=21“Fauci said Wednesday he thinks the definition of being fully vaccinated will eventually change to include a booster ... ‘its going to be a matter of when, not if’”
https://thehill.com/policy/healthca...finition-of-fully-vaccinated-will-change
