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Axios reports:
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy took to ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday to defend the Biden administration’s plan to institute a vaccine mandate for companies with more than 100 workers, calling the measure “appropriate and necessary,” and adding that the administration is prepared to fight legal challenges to implementation.
A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Saturday stayed enforcement of the private-employer vaccine mandate in an unsigned order that cited “grave statutory and constitutional issues.”
“The president and the administration wouldn’t have put these requirements in place if they didn’t think that they were appropriate and necessary, and the administration is certainly prepared to defend them,” Murthy said.
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Asked by @MarthaRaddatz if the Biden admin may extend federal vaccine mandate to smaller companies with fewer than 100 employees, @Surgeon_General says “certainly nothing is off the table…but the focus right now is implementing the current rule.” https://t.co/5A4HqRnfWy pic.twitter.com/koRZwFNzTi
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 7, 2021
“I’m cautiously optimistic about where we are…But if COVID has taught us anything, it’s that we can’t take our foot off the accelerator until we’re at the finish line,” Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy tells @MarthaRaddatz. https://t.co/Db7DwuAZRi pic.twitter.com/06WDSg60vl
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 7, 2021
“A pill is not a substitute for getting vaccinated.”@Surgeon_General tells @MarthaRaddatz that Pfizer’s antiviral pill for high-risk COVID patients is “good news,” but says vaccines are most effective method for reducing hospitalization, death. https://t.co/lhtLKjjni5 pic.twitter.com/lsmfx0wS4P
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) November 7, 2021