Dozens of Health Groups Say Businesses Should Voluntarily Adopt OSHA Vaccine Mandate

A pharmacist prepares a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot in San Rafael, Calif., on Oct. 1, 2021. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Dozens of health organizations, including the American Medical Association, said that businesses should voluntarily implement President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate even though the rule was temporarily blocked by a U.S. appeals court last week.

And earlier this week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)—the agency enforcing the rule—confirmed that it stopped enforcement of the mandate.