Miami, United States
The Governor of Florida (USA), Ron DeSantis, Has assured this Friday that he will “fight” against the vaccination plan announced by President Joe Biden, which, if approved, will affect all companies with 100 or more employees, a sector in which they work in the minus 80 million people nationwide.
At a news conference this Friday, DeSantis said Biden is “acting outside the limits of the Constitution“By issuing this Thursday the vaccination ordinance to companies.
“When a president like Biden issues unconstitutional edicts against the American people, we have a responsibility to stand up for the Constitution and fight, and we are doing so in the state of Florida,” the governor noted in the town of Ponte Vedra Beach ( northeast).
Biden on Thursday ordered the mandatory vaccination against covid-19 of all federal government employees, and launched a plan to force most workers in the country’s private companies to do the same.
During a speech at the White House, Biden announced a series of rules that will affect about 100 million workers in total, “two-thirds” of the country’s workforce.
First, he signed a decree establishing a vaccination warrant for the 2.1 million U.S. federal government employees, who until now had the option not to be vaccinated if they underwent covid-19 testing. on a regular basis.
A second executive order sets the same requirement for all federal government contractors, while the third measure, still pending publication by the Department of Labor, affects the private sector.
This is an emergency rule that will affect all companies that have 100 or more employees, in which at least 80 million people work.
These companies will have to ensure that their workers are vaccinated with the full guideline or, otherwise, force them to show a negative test result at least once a week.
The Republican governor has claimed that Biden’s order would potentially lead to the loss of jobs.
“I think we should protect people’s jobs, not try to kick people out of work right now,” DeSantis noted.
The governor is at the same time waging a court battle over lawsuits filed against his executive order that prevents the mandatory use of masks in schools.
Biden, for his part, vowed to stand up to Republican governors and politicians who have tried to ban the mandates of masks or vaccines in schools, reiterating that his government will compensate the salary of any superintendent or teacher they can deprive. of his salary for “doing the right thing.”
Florida, the state most affected nationwide by the covid-19 delta variant, Reported 17,854 new cases and three deaths as a result of the pandemic on Friday, according to the latest data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Florida has also led the number of hospitalizations in recent months and across the country, with a downward trend throughout this week.
The Florida Hospitals Association (FHA) report reports 12,262 people are currently hospitalized with a diagnosis of covid-19. Of these, 2,821 are in intensive care units.
Since the pandemic began, the state has accumulated 3,409,012 confirmed cases of infection and 48,276 deaths related to covid-19.