01-13-2022, 11:12 PM
Re: The SCOTUS Ruling -
Only half. They ruled that OSHA was overstepping it's boundaries by trying to regulate a condition beyond the workplace that was not, generally speaking, an "occupational hazard". Since OSHA is the "OCCUPATIONAL Health and Safety Administration", trying to regulate a presumed hazard beyond the workplace is beyond their remit. That overstep, if allowed to stand, would also allow them to regulate muggings and car accidents, for example, since there are people who work at businesses with more than 100 employees who are subjected to those hazards as well.
It was an OSHA overrreach of epic proportions.
On the other hand, they have allowed the mandate on health care workers who work at facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid payments to go into effect, reasoning that they have to comply with other federal rules as well, and this is no different. Since they allowed that to stand (but also allowing for medical or religious exemptions), I look for a butthurt BidenHarris to attempt to "mandate" vaccinations of patients who attend those facilities as well, or patients on medicare/medicaid rolls. He can still kiss my ass. That would be a decision between a patient, and their doctor, not a patient, their doctor, and a disconnected, out of the loop bureaucrat.
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Only half. They ruled that OSHA was overstepping it's boundaries by trying to regulate a condition beyond the workplace that was not, generally speaking, an "occupational hazard". Since OSHA is the "OCCUPATIONAL Health and Safety Administration", trying to regulate a presumed hazard beyond the workplace is beyond their remit. That overstep, if allowed to stand, would also allow them to regulate muggings and car accidents, for example, since there are people who work at businesses with more than 100 employees who are subjected to those hazards as well.
It was an OSHA overrreach of epic proportions.
On the other hand, they have allowed the mandate on health care workers who work at facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid payments to go into effect, reasoning that they have to comply with other federal rules as well, and this is no different. Since they allowed that to stand (but also allowing for medical or religious exemptions), I look for a butthurt BidenHarris to attempt to "mandate" vaccinations of patients who attend those facilities as well, or patients on medicare/medicaid rolls. He can still kiss my ass. That would be a decision between a patient, and their doctor, not a patient, their doctor, and a disconnected, out of the loop bureaucrat.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’