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The president of the region’s largest private employer is speaking out against Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s latest pandemic mandate involving masks in the workplace. Inslee is requiring Washington businesses to verify vaccination status from employees before allowing vaccinated workers to go without masks while on the job.
The President and Founder of Pullman-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Dr. Ed Schweitzer has sent a letter to Inslee opposing the new mandate. Dr. Schweitzer says the mandate is government overreach. You can listen to Dr. Schweitzer’s comment by clicking on the audio file below.
Dr. Schweitzer is asking the governor to reconsider his vaccine verification mandate for Washington employers. His letter to the governor notes that SEL clinics have vaccinated nearly 25,000 people on the Palouse.