DeMarcus Hicks, a recent graduate of nursing school who is working as a contractor with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, gives a person a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine booster shot, Dec. 20, 2021, on the first day of a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Federal Way, Wash. | (Ted S. Warren, File/AP Photo)
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked enforcement of the Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccine-or-test mandate for workers at large businesses but allowed enforcement of a similar mandate for certain health care workers.
While challenges to the mandates from businesses and Republican-led states were returned to lower courts, the ruling suggests that the justices are likely to rule against the business rule if the case reaches the court again, but would look more favorably on the mandate for health care workers.