NY Declares State of Emergency Again Over New Variant; Federal Vaccine Deadline Moved to 2022

New York is back under a state of emergency to deal with the new variant. That's despite no detection of Omicron in the state. But the governor says "it's coming." New York City's new mask advisory comes as the city requires vaccines for child care workers. New Yorkers will be required to wear a mask even if they're vaccinated. That's according to the mayor and health commissioner. A federal judge has blocked the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for health workers in ten states. That's after those ten states sued the Biden administration over the mandate. Ten states had sued the administration, saying the mandate is unconstitutional. The judge agrees with them. He wrote: “Congress did not clearly authorize CMS to enact this politically and economically vast, federalism-altering, and boundary-pushing mandate, which Supreme Court precedent requires.” This comes as some federal employees will have until after the holidays to be vaccinated. That's according to a memo sent to some federal agencies by the Office of Management and Budget. The OMB said managers can wait to fire or suspend their employees until after the holidays. White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the memo on Monday. Psaki did downplay it, saying "nothing has changed" regarding the deadline. And a top South African doctor says Omicron cases have been “extremely mild". She calls the travel restrictions due to Omicron an overreaction. Dr. Angelique coetzee/National chair, south african medical association, “the majority of what we are presenting to primary healthcare practitioners are extremely mild case. It shows mild to moderate. And, so these patients, isn’t, that means they don’t need to be hospitalized for now. I have seen vaccinated people and not really very sick that might change going forward. As we say, this is early days.” Doctor Coetzee says those mild symptoms include fatigue, scratchy throat and body aches. Tune into Deep Dive as we explore these topics and more. Subscribe to our newsletter👉 : https://newsletter.ntd.com/ Support our work👉: https://donorbox.org/deep-dive -- Follow us on Parler: https://parler.com/profile/DeepDiveTiffany Gab: https://gab.com/deepdivetiffany Contact us: DeepDiveTiffany@gmail.com