Texas Gov Updates Executive Order To Ban Mandates For Vaccines That Have Been Fully Approved By FDA

The Texas Tribune reports:

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday announced an executive order banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates regardless of a vaccine’s approval status with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He also said he was adding the issue to the agenda for the current special session of the Texas Legislature.

The order comes two days after the FDA granted full approval to the Pfizer vaccine. That raised questions about the fate of a previous Abbott order that prohibited vaccine mandates, but only for those under emergency authorization.

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Wow. Greg Abbott has updated his executive order to ban vaccine mandates for ANY Covid-19 vaccine.

His last order only banned vaccines approved under emergency use. pic.twitter.com/Z4FisJNQuE

— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) August 25, 2021