Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit
August 27, 2021 – Two women have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court that argues a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers and for attendance at the New Mexico State Fair violates their constitutional rights. The lawsuit seeks to bar the mandate’s enforcement. Meanwhile, the state’s Youth Livestock Board has moved its annual competition to Roswell in an effort to sidestep the vaccine mandate, which impacted children in FFA and 4-H programs who are too young to receive an approved vaccine. The Line opinion panelists look at continued pushback against the governor’s public health orders.
Host: Gene Grant
Line Guests:
Michael Bird, public health expert
Dan Boyd, Capitol bureau chief, Albuquerque Journal
Dede Feldman, former state senator
For More Information:
Lawsuit targets expanded NM vaccine mandates – Albuquerque Journal
ICUs full as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations grow – NM Political Report
U.S. regulators give full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – Santa Fe New Mexican
Bad mask info puts prep athletes on edge – Albuquerque Journal