Iowa Joins 3 Lawsuits Challenging Workplace COVID Vaccine Mandates

(Adel, IA) — The State of Iowa is joining three separate lawsuits that are challenging the Biden Administration’s Covid vaccination requirements in the workplace. Governor Kim Reynolds said, “we’re going to keep fighting for Iowans to give them the opportunity to make their own choice about their health care.” Federal courts have temporarily blocked an OSHA rule to require businesses with more than 100 employees to ensure workers are vaccinated for Covid or tested regularly. The latest lawsuit filed by ten states challenges the vaccine mandate for most health care workers. Iowa’s Republican governor a mandate for employees in facilities that treat patients receiving Medicare or Medicaid benefits could be “devastating” to Iowa’s nursing homes as some workers are threatening to quit rather than get vaccinated.