The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Maine health care workers to halt a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Friday. Health care workers at hospitals and nursing homes throughout the state risk losing their jobs if they are not vaccinated and religious exemptions are not being offered. The Oct. 13 decision prompted a flurry of appeals that landed, for a second time, in the Supreme Court. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe Liberty Counsel, which filed the lawsuit, claimed to be representing more than 2,000 health care workers who don’t want to be forcibly vaccinated. In August, Barrett denied an appeal from students at Indiana University to block the school’s vaccine mandate.

Source: Fox News October 30, 2021 11:04 UTC