The issue I would like to discuss today is that of the companies being held responsible for
"take-home" Covid 19.I myself have seen many places that do not hold up their end of the
guidelines for employees to prevent the spread of covid 19. In this case, a woman brought
home the virus from her work and reported that she had to work side by side with sick co-
workers during her shifts. The issue is many companies are trying to prevent the spread but
due to the economy and lack of resources are unable to abide by the regulations put into
effect. It is possible that this case could open up several cases against businesses located in
California and pave the way for how they should be handled. For now, it is up to the family
to provide enough evidence to a judge to determine if the husband's passing was a direct
result of his wife having contracted the virus from work. They can do this by providing
enough evidence that the company did not follow proper covid-19 safety protocols.
An issue in the news recently that OSHA dealt with was the COVID 19 vaccine mandates
distributed down from President Biden. He went back and forth with the public about it
being required and it not being required. The mandate was going to private employers with
100 or more employees the ability to require vaccines for continued employment or have
weekly coronavirus testing completed. It would have also required all places that received
any forms of payment from Medicare or Medicaid to require their health care workers to be
vaccinated.
The constitution does allow the U.S. Government does not have the power to require any
American adult to have a vaccine. The mandate is unconstitutional and there was no way
either sectors would have survived court. OSHA was not intended to fight a pandemic but to
ward off health scares in the workplace. The only mandate they can require drug testing.
The federal government does not have the authority to oversee and require that from public
or private sectors. Because of these issues the mandates were not allowed to be made
mandatory.
Biden's Covid Vaccine mandates are unconstitutional-and unnecessary
The Washington Post by Henry Olsen June 21, 2022
https://washingtonpost.com
