Across the nation, employers, government officials, health care workers and other Americans are continuing to push back against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, even as the death toll has climbed to more than 740,000 people. With the Biden administration preparing to enforce nationwide vaccine mandates, they are marching in the street in protest, resigning in mass and demonstrating outside government buildings.
Several Republican governors, including in Texas, Florida and Missouri, have issued executive orders attempting to weaken local, federal and employer-issued vaccine mandates.
Protests have ranged from marches in New York City and Chicago to mass resignations of health care workers. [Recently], a small group of people supporting Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving — who has refused to get vaccinated despite a mandate from New York City lawmakers — gathered outside Barclays Center and tried to push their way into the arena. And New York City firefighters protested outside Mayor Bill de Blasio’s house [October 28].
Experts said there may be little opponents of vaccine mandate can do: The Supreme Court has already upheld several state and employer vaccination mandates.
