Ohio business groups speak against GOP vaccination bill
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSJune 22, 2021 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Two major Ohio business groups on Tuesday came out in opposition to pending GOP legislation in the Ohio House that would prohibit employers, either public or private, from requiring employees to receive vaccinations.
The bill also would prevent workers from being fired as a result of refusing to get vaccinated and allow them to sue their employers if they felt their rights had been violated under the law.
The measure before the Republican-controlled House Health Committee has attracted multiple opponents of COVID-19 vaccines but does not mention the coronavirus. Instead, it addresses mandatory requirements for all vaccines, such as for the flu.
Ohio business groups speak against GOP vaccination bill
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Fish kills due to the freeze were reported along the entire Texas coast. Mark Fisher, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s coastal fisheries science director, said it was the most severe fish-killing event since 1989.
The freeze of 1983 and the twin freezes of February and December 1989 marred coastal fisheries and changed they way they were managed for years to come. The early assessment indicates this recent arctic blast was not as destructive to fish populations as the 1980s freezes.
“Those three events in the 80s, those were the benchmarks and they were devastating. They were a lot worse,” said Fisher.