CEDARBURG â The effort by the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly to eliminate the state mask mandate is unifying many businesses and professional organizations across the state in opposition to what seems like an inevitable move.
As of early Monday afternoon, 55 organizations representing hospitals and clinics, doctors, nurses, firefighters, grocers, churches, assisted living facilities, school district administrators and others have registered statements of opposition with the state.
The State Senate on Jan. 26 already approved its part of a joint bill that would eliminate Gov. Tony Eversâ COVID-19 public health emergency declaration, saying it was unconstitutional. They argue that Eversâ first public health emergency issued on March 12, 2020, expired after 60 days and that it can only be extended by a joint resolution of the Legislature.
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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. photo by Lisa Ferdinando. U.S. Secretary of Defense, (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Two bills that would impose new requirements on the state’s COVID-19 vaccination program sailed through an Assembly Health Committee public hearing Wednesday and could head to the Assembly floor as soon as next week.
One measure, AB-4, requires the state Department of Health Services (DHS) to expand the category of professionals authorized to administer vaccines to include pharmacy technicians and students studying to be pharmacists who have taken required coursework on vaccine administration.
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