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Related: About this forumGov. 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.
"Were an employer too, the state of Michigan is," Whitmer was reported as saying. "I know if that mandate happens, were going to lose state employees. Thats why I havent proposed a mandate at the state level. Some states have. We have not, were waiting to see what happens in court."
But we have a lot of the same concerns that you just voiced and its 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
At some point the insurance companies could refuse to pay for those unvaccinated people
FloridaBlues
Dec 2021
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Walleye
(39,631 posts)1. Better they walk off the job than be carried off on a stretcher
elleng
(139,193 posts)2. I hope she discussed this with POTUS before going public.

JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,076 posts)3. Yeah, the state might end up with fewer workers, but ...
... the average IQ would move up.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(27,748 posts)4. I just wish those who refuse to get the vaccine
would stop going to hospitals when they get sick. Or that the hospitals would refuse to treat them.
FloridaBlues
(4,525 posts)5. At some point the insurance companies could refuse to pay for those unvaccinated people
Im a little disappointed in Gov Whitmer.
Xoan
(25,501 posts)6. Cowardice will not save US.