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MichMan

(13,172 posts)
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 06:07 PM Dec 2021

Gov. Whitmer says President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate a 'problem,' report says

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in her strongest public remarks to date about President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for employers, said Monday that the requirement is "a problem" for her and state government, according to a published report.

The Daily News in Greenville reported Whitmer as telling business leaders in Montcalm County that she had the same concerns as some of them that the mandate, if enforced, could lead to workers, including those in state government, walking off the job.

"We’re an employer too, the state of Michigan is," Whitmer was reported as saying. "I know if that mandate happens, we’re going to lose state employees. That’s why I haven’t proposed a mandate at the state level. Some states have. We have not, we’re waiting to see what happens in court."

“But we have a lot of the same concerns that you just voiced and it’s going to be a problem for all of us,” Whitmer added.


https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/12/07/gretchen-whitmer-joe-biden-covid-19-vaccine-mandate/6423638001/
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Gov. Whitmer says President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate a 'problem,' report says (Original Post) MichMan Dec 2021 OP
Better they walk off the job than be carried off on a stretcher Walleye Dec 2021 #1
I hope she discussed this with POTUS before going public. elleng Dec 2021 #2
Yeah, the state might end up with fewer workers, but ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2021 #3
I just wish those who refuse to get the vaccine PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2021 #4
At some point the insurance companies could refuse to pay for those unvaccinated people FloridaBlues Dec 2021 #5
Cowardice will not save US. Xoan Dec 2021 #6

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,727 posts)
4. I just wish those who refuse to get the vaccine
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 07:16 PM
Dec 2021

would stop going to hospitals when they get sick. Or that the hospitals would refuse to treat them.

FloridaBlues

(4,367 posts)
5. At some point the insurance companies could refuse to pay for those unvaccinated people
Tue Dec 7, 2021, 07:31 PM
Dec 2021

I’m a little disappointed in Gov Whitmer.

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