On the day after the inauguration (January 21st) JoeBama signed an Executive order on COVID worker Safety, weaponizing the Dept of Labor, OSHA. Literally word-for-word what CTH predicted the previous summer. [Predictions HERE and HERE] Included in that executive order was a deadline of March 15, 2021, for OSHA to determine if a national mandate for workers would be required. That deadline is tomorrow.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal agency that rules over every single business entity in the U.S with employees. If OSHA determines masks are needed, then every operation that falls under the OSHA regulations will be required to force their employees to wear masks. But there is an element that extends beyond the face value of the mandate.
Just like all federal regulations and compliance processes any employee can file a complaint with OSHA against the business for violations of the OSHA compliance standard….. And don’t think that enforcement isn’t part of the operational plan for COVID mandates. It is within the enforcement of the rules were OSHA can be politically weaponized.
WASHINGTON DC – […] Covid-19 requirements from OSHA would be very different than the mask guidance and recommendations from the White House or the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
OSHA, a large regulatory agency within the US Department of Labor, has federal power to set and enforce standards to ensure safe working conditions that covers most working Americans in all 50 states. It can enforce requirements anywhere from local shops to factory floors to large corporations. Failure by a business to comply with any OSHA requirement can result in fines, jail time and legal liability.
Federally mandating masks in all workplaces is unprecedented. There were previous regulations on respiratory protection for workers in hazardous environments or healthcare roles, but not for the majority of the American workforce.
[…] A federal OSHA workplace mask regulation would apply even in states that are no longer requiring face coverings or have loosened Covid-19 restrictions.
[…] While many Americans have been going to work throughout the pandemic, some Americans have yet to return to their workplace in a Covid-19 environment. To ensure workers are safe, OSHA is working to expand the ability to report workplace safety complaints in relation to Covid-19 protection.
“We are preparing to implement a national emphasis program that focuses our efforts on violations that put the largest number of workers at risk of contracting coronavirus or are contrary to anti-retaliation principles,” a Department of Labor spokesperson told CNN Wednesday. “OSHA is reviewing its enforcement efforts related to Covid-19 and identifying changes to better protect workers and ensure the safety of its compliance officers, “the spokesperson continued. (read more)
If OSHA mandates masks, how long before GOP state Attorneys General file suit to stop such mandates as federal overreach.
GOP State AGs file suits against the Feds? Bahahaha – nope, that only happens with Blue State AGs when a Republican is in the White House….and no matter what the courts said, the Blue States continued to defy the Feds and nothing ever happened to any of them!
Some states have already begun; OK governor instructed the OK AG to investigate federal orders for Constitutional violations. The Federal government only has the power the states give to it. They do NOT have the power to regulate Education, Health, Transportation and many of the other areas they try to rule over.
We must insist our States take back their powers and nullify federal rules that are overreach.
I agree completely but I haven’t seen many Red States pushing back against all of illegal Federal mandates that have been slowly strangling our freedoms for decades…it’s crunch time now so I hope it starts happening soon!!
Face it: MOST governors and most of their legislators don’t like making waves. They must be MADE to like making waves.
At some point, people, we have to SCARE SOMEONE because by God, they aren’t afraid of anything or anybody.
They are listening to the propaganda and not the science.
My Texas government included.
We are a purple state now.
Voting fraud and hordes of international invaders and socialist invaders from California are making us a blue state by 2024.
Austin is already like San Fran Sodom.
Our constitutional republic has fallen.
My guts boil
The far left is destroying Austin. Used to be a nice town. Same happening to San Ant ill bet.
San Ant has especially limited options for increasing water supply. They cant squeeze that many more invaders into the place
SAT is run by Mexican American political hacks…Witness the Caatro twins i grew up in a small incorporated city within SAT, a nd we had a small, well run govt, excellent schools, etc.
The second amendment is constitutional and legal, it is there to rectify problems with government.
It cost a ton of money to file lawsuits against the federal government! Therein lies the problem.
And how many are on the take with ccp? Pompeo had a list of governor’s who were all friendly with ccp.
I don’t see the authority in the CONSTITUTION to “regulate” labor, and WHERE IS THE SCIENCE to say it’s necessary in the entire country to force mask mandates on workers, even though many areas don’t have a covid problem?
Lastly the word “regulate” meant something entirely different in the context of the framers intent on the constitution than it does now. It meant to the framers “to keep regular, running and freely moving” not to be a nitpicker who decides exactly how much water a toilet can flush…
Where is the science for mask mandates? That’s a good question. The packaging on masks says they do nothing but catch spit.
As well as pushing carbon dioxide back into your lungs.
The Missouri AG has several lawsuits in the works, and the State House and Senate are working on several laws to counter crazy EO’s written by JoeBama
Some red states are fighting back.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/03/arizona-and-montana-sue-bidens-bureaucrats-over-immigration-policies/
Filing suit is of little help when we have a court system that is generally compliant with the demands of the Leftists.
It’s not what the Constitution says; it’s what the Leftists coerce.
They already have filed several suits against feds Ken Paxton has led some.
Tax money from the state fighting tax money from the feds. We pay coming and going. There is only one taxpayer and it is you. All aspects and actions of government are paid for by you.
Never.
Don’t hold your breath.
“GOP State Attorneys General….”?
They will ONLY file if it is guaranteed to LOSE, but also simultaneously guarantee them enhanced future political street cred.
I’d wager there is not ONE truly courageous Republican AG in this country who would fight the Feds based solely on principle–his (or her) career be damned.
What judiciary do we petition?
Hmmm.
Petition The Most High.
Often. Passionately.
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Thousand thumbs up.
I’m boiling ✝️
At some point, we own what we allow. IMO, we are 11 months too late.
11 months ago I cringed inside when people I had known for decades told me that they thought the mask thing “was no big deal”, etc.
Or that wearing a mask from an illegal/ unconstitutional order from a government official was complying with Romans 13.
Romans 13:1-2 KJV
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. [2] Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
I left it at that, not willing to stress the friendship because neither one of us was going to change our minds at that point.
Understand.
My Christian brothers and sisters who threw Romans 13 out there as a validation of unconstitutional mask and lockdown mandates are lacking in understanding in both theology as well as civics.
Then you would probably be interested in this:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/03/11/president-marbles-says-you-might-be-able-to-celebrate-fourth-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-7631786
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/03/11/president-marbles-says-you-might-be-able-to-celebrate-fourth-of-july/comment-page-1/#comment-7631763
Best blog out there! Been reading it for 10 years.
LOL!
We ALWAYS celebrate July 4th regardless of these demons pretending to represent “science.” Joseph Goebbels would be envious of them. They are using unnecessary fear to manipulate people for the reset.
I tried giving you a direct link to my specific comment, but this generic link to then entire post shows up
https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/more-ammo-against-parson-goat/
I NEVER. EVER. WEAR A MASK.
DO YOU?
Many of us must do so because of our employer. No mask, no job.
No.
Plus they are making big money promoting the illegal invasion.
Using your tithes and tax money to thwart our sovereignty.
Christians understand the times we are living in. It is Christians that are the most persecuted people on this earth. They want to get rid of us.
Even the apostle Paul used his rights as a Roman citizen. We are not to blindly follow these people when we have rights too with secular laws.
We are in the way and their LBGTQ+ agenda is clearly not something God agrees with. At some point you have to make a stand and not go along with this stuff.
Keep your kids out of the public school system or private schools that are liberal. They are brainwashing kids to find their liberal social agenda normal. They are doing this with kids as young as preschool and and kindergarten too. They are confusing kids about their gender and desensitizing them and many judges are over ruling parental rights and
stating if you don’t go along with a child as young as five wishing to be the opposite sex and allowing them to take irreversible hormone blockers is abuse.
We are not always to go along with what the secular world dictates.
Satan is on a holiday!
I don’t think I need to list verses on how He feels bout LBGTQ+ or harming children…. If you request it, I will list them for you. Yes, we do have rights as citizens too! we should not be blinding giving up our rights!
James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
I have never seen the U.S. in the condition it is in and now more than ever this verse is true and not just about adultery.
There is a reason why they want churches closed and only big chain stores open along with strip clubs, casinos, marijuana dispensaries, liquor stores and also keep small businesses closed. They also want to wipe out the middle class and wear Christians down and move away from going to church and God.
Acts 5:29
Right on!
Life is full of choices!
Acts 5:29
29 But Peter and the other apostles answered and said:
We ought to obey God rather than men.
Every church is now facing the reality that people are not coming back. They’ve lost many who will never return. In that respect, the government has achieved their aim.
The only religion I saw vigorously fighting against the government persecution was the Orthodox Jews in New York. I’m sure they also resisted in other cities, but I kept seeing articles about the NYC actions taken. For the rest of us, our faith leaders abandoned us, mostly, with some courageous exceptions here and there.
To your point- the churches in my area no longer allow parish groups to meet in their facilities and haven’t for a year.
The seniors who love their weekly Bingo games and all that socialization have been penalized for no reason. I don’t know how many of them have died in forced isolation.
Our AA groups that have saved so many lives are also not allowed to use the meeting rooms and we have lost many members who gave up on their sobriety because they couldn’t attend AA support meetings.
By far the worst lockdown fascists are the Catholic pastors. Not only are we not allowed to meet in the huge parish halls, most won’t even allow us to meet in the parking lot!
This is in Westchester NY and vicinity.
Here in WNY, the prostate cancer support groups have not met in over a year, because we met in hospitals.
In the coming years many Catholic parishes will be merged and many beautiful old churches sold or shuttered. The bishops have massively accelerated the declining attendance. They thought that they could put faith, parish life, and people’s relationship with God through his Sacraments on hold at governmental whim. They were, as they so frequently are, wrong.
My church didn’t fight back. Didn’t even preach against fear or about the proper relationship between b the church, the believer, and the state. Instead, they jumped on the racial self-flaggelation bandwagon. We have ceased attending.
When and if we can ever attend unmasked, we’ll probably look for a new church, but I’m afraid the organized church, already marching leftward in many ways, is now fully cowed.
Several months ago my dental hygienist told me her church was still closed and she had begun attending a new one. Some deacons from her church, who were still advocating for their church to remain closed, were also attending the new church she went to. She was outraged, justifiably so.
Home church, the way the early church met. There are several home church organizations, I like John Fenn, https://churchwithoutwallsinternational.org/
Thanks for the link.
May I suggest opening your home to a weekly Bible Study, I did several months ago and it is the highlight of my week.
That was the goal. They want to erase Christianity.
It is Christians that are the most persecuted believers in the world!
Christianity and Marxism are polar opposites.
The falling away is part of prophecy. We see it happening with so called Jews and Christians.
Christians are being persecuted by their churches and pastors.
Not everyone who is no longer attending a church has fallen away. MANY are now meeting in homes. It is how the church exists in communist countries.
The church is the people of God, not a building. If the building is closed, the church can meet in homes or barns or back yards.
Here’s a hint about how this administration sees religious discrimination. It’s not favorable to the religious. I expect, though, that it will apply only to one particular religion
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/03/15/biden-fires-eeoc-attorney-who-refused-to-resign-n2586253
I have a “friend” who got fully vaccinated yet she insists on wearing a mask at all times. Even though I have known this person for 10 years as a business associate, she has become almost unrecognizable since the Chi Com flue virus came to town. She is literally terrified to be around me or anyone else who is not wearing a Jew Badge/muzzle mask of submission/ face diaper.
There are many like her walking around on Main Street. EVERYONE is still wearing muzzles in this part of the NY suburbs. It is disgusting how fearful these morons are.
My sad prediction is that the Blue Slave States will never give up the muzzle masks. Never.
Riding a motorcycle, no helmet/faceshield, but a mask….
Ed, just had a thought – think about how ridiculous that is, how ridiculous it looks, how it defies all logic.
Maybe, just maybe, the motorcycle rider was trying to make a point – maybe, just maybe, that point was to RIDICULE the MASK WEARING.
If that was the objective, the motorcyclist should also have worn a mask on top of his head like a helmet.
Tell me Seneca the Elder, why do you call it a “Jew Badge” when it is the DOF (Doddering Old Fool), a Catholic (or so he proclaims) who strongly recommends the people of the United States of America to wear a mask or DR. Fauci, a Catholic (or so he proclaims) to wear (or maybe not to wear two masks).
What’s this “Jew Badge” horse manure?
Seneca’s use of “Jew Badge” is in reference to the Nazi mandate that Jews wear a Yellow Star to identify themselves as Jews.
The comparison lacks because everyone is required to wear it…. No? Except maybe Newsome/Cuomo/Pelosi
It could apply with the vaccine mandate. You may have to prove you have had the vaccine to do many things like get on an airplane or maybe even a bus, or perhaps if you haven’t been vaccinated you will be required to wear something. I saw in China your iPhone has a red “badge” if you haven’t been vaccinated, and a green pass if you have.
Rev 13:16-17
Thank you for the explanation! I was just going to post.
Same situation exists here in the Buffalo area with the brainwashed sheeple.
We will have plenty of opportunities to manifest grace this year!
Proverbs 15:1 KJV
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 15:18 KJV
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
You cannot deal or reason with those people anymore. There is a psychiatric term for it, I will see if I can find the link from a 10 minute video from America’s Front Line Doctors. I think it was also mentioned in Dr. Joseph Mercola’s newsletter.
I got tired of trying to be a news source for friends and family, so I don’t keep track anymore.
I agree with you. I know a group of people, members of my parish, several different affluent families who live in the same subdivision. They have been able to stay almost entirely quarantined this whole year, and are angry at those who haven’t. They claim to care about all people but sure don’t seem to give a damn about lives ruined, businesses closed, homes lost, suicides, abuse, people who have descended into poverty who once had great jobs.
Thank you Menagerie for all that you do for us who frequent the indispensable Tree House.
As I posted above, in my experience the Catholic priests are the worst. My (former) church has a hall that can accommodate 350 people according to the fire safety sign on the wall. There are less than 100 seniors who used to go there to play Bingo and socialize on a Friday night. It was the thing they most looked forward to all week. Then came the Lockdown and with just a brief notice in the parish bulletin, it was over till further notice.
Same thing with our AA group. Most of our meetings were less than 30 souls. We had social distancing in the hall before Chinese Flu. Last March began the perfect storm. Liquor stores open, AA groups closed down. The pastor of the church never liked us much anyway. It became obvious to me that he thinks we are a bunch of low life drunks and this was his chance to get rid of us. He is most certainly not a follower of the teachings of Christ, that’s for sure.
We will never really know how many people we have lost as a direct result of GOVERNMENT TYRANNY, not the virus.
Seneca, one of the things I have been pondering about is our lack of unity, our isolation, our individuality in some cases being a drawback. Prior generations of Americans, from our very beginnings, had to work as a team. Neighbors had to rely on each other, and they were glad to do it. They depended on the community to thrive, and they were a charitable minded people, putting into practice in their daily lives the foremost virtue of all. Their lives were intertwined and unity resulted. It impacted their souls as well, in my opinion. They were the better people for it, and society flourished for the most part.
We have advanced so far technologically that we have lost those bonds, and on the surface, the need for those bonds. We have chosen lives of isolation and privacy. Neighbors live closer than many of our parents and grandparents ever did, and never speak.
We are a divided and splintered and mistrustful and uncharitable people in comparison with our forefathers. To me, this makes us easy pickings for governmental abuse and manipulation.
I also believe that one of the many reasons the left defeats us is because they do act more communally. We might justifiably abhor their community action leaders, but they have organized and united people. That is why they had to get rid of President Trump. He united all of our disparate, misfit peoples, crossing heretofore uncrossable boundaries of religion, race, and even Party lines.
My former parish, which I left because of the people I mentioned earlier, who were rabid, insulting, angry never Trumpers, was over half Hispanic. They had two wonderful nuns who worked unceasingly and with great authority and reverence among the people. They built a tight, strong community of people who worshipped together, fellowshipped together, and helped each other and the parish. They did a lot of the work that had long needed to be done on the old buildings, and no one had stepped up.
Our pastor and the sisters tried often to unite the two groups, and I was blessed very much to be able to join in things like Eucharistic processions on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. They hosted all night Adoration on First Fridays.
In my opinion unity would have benefited all the people and the parish would have been stronger. Those Trads who isolate around the so called Latin Mass (they all are, as you know) would have built allies, brothers in faith. The young mothers group, the youth groups, the schola, they all would have formed bonds that strengthened the parish and brought many personal benefits to them.
We Christians often know we need to practice and nurture the virtue of charity, but we withdraw from living our lives in ways that make it a daily practice, a natural expression of our lifestyles.
How much stronger would such a people be against the government’s persecution?
I hope your parish does come back to life, and soon. Pastors come and they go, I pray that you get one who seeks out and supports those in need such as the AA group. Good pastors know that these are the flock, these people, these broken people are not only the mission of the Church, they are the Body.
Great points. The problem of isolation has been greatly increased by the two income family that leaves neighborhoods deserted during the day, and mobility. We are no longer tied to a place, at least for long. Being an army brat, I have even fewer ties than most, exacerbated by wanderlust.
Absolutely brilliant analysis and comment.
There are some things, many things actually, that we simply cannot do on our own. These include winning a war, having a family, even getting sober.
We are all sick of AA zoom meetings and like the early Christians many of us have been meeting outdoors or in private rooms.
I don’t believe the pastor will ever let us back to our old meeting place.
He is a Commie before a Catholic. He loves the power more than Jesus.
I have a dear friend who returned to NY, after spending 6 months in FL, and he is appalled at the fear that motivates extreme herd mentality, paranoia, anger, etc, in NY. Felt that he was in a prison, couldn’t wait to get out.
After almost a year in the house, l got out last week and went to Hobby Lobby. Although there was a sign on the door, l would say maybe only a third of the customers were muzzled. It was wonderful to see! And l got no dirty looks from people who chose to mask up.
The powers that be are We the People. The Constitution puts a check on errant elected representatives. We the People have authority given by GOD’s Natural Law.
That power only exists if a person is willing to stand up and lose everything to insist on it. Not many are willing these days.
I sure found that out.
Almost everyone I know diapers up.
Christian or not.
It makes you realize how courageous and how serious were the signers if the Declaration:
“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”
The Constitution is our authority but We The People are no longer in charge. The current leaders were not legally elected according to the Constitution. The USA no longer exists. States are no longer subject to the usurpers currently occupying DC.
“The USA no longer exists. States are no longer subject to the usurpers currently occupying DC.”
I don’t think that will fly with a judge here in NYS, if I ever get arrested for not masking up.
I sure will give it a try, though. Thanks for the idea.
Acts 5:29
As a fellow New Yorker I have to agree with you. I have no plans to get the fake vaccine unless it gets to the point that I can no longer do what I have to do to live. I don’t need to travel by air but I do need to be able to drive my car, buy food and groceries, heat my home, etc.
I do not wear a mask unless I absolutely have no choice. Example- my wonderful local deli who is constantly being harassed by the board of health and assorted Karens who claim customers don’t wear masks. Out of respect for my friend and the fact that I don’t want him to go out of business, I wear the muzzle as I buzz in and out of his store. Likewise for other locals.
I have found I don’t need to go into the big box stores that strictly require muzzles.
In those situations that you describe, most of the time I can get by with wearing a clear face shield.
A few weeks ago, I had put on a mask for a short period of time when sticking my face into a instrument at my new Optometrist’s office.
He told me I could take it off as soon as he was done at the machine.
As far as the experimental gene therapy masquerading as a vaccine goes,YOU CANNOT PUT A PRICE ON YOUR HEALTH!
The more you learn about it, the more you know you do not want it. The powers that be are lying about deaths in Israel
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/297051
Those that are killed outright by this experimental gene therapy masquerading as a vaccine might be more fortunate than those that will suffer debilitating side effects.
I grew up in Westchester so I understand. Why not move to a Free State? I see a great many people moving out of Blue/Slave States. Hopefully, they won’t vote the same in the future. (If our votes matter at all.)
I am thinking we will need to rearrange ourselves and our lives, and by that I mean change counties, cities, states, churches, schools and so on. Maybe friends too.
At my age and in my situation it is simply not practical for me to pack up everything and start a new life. Although I’m past “retirement” age, I still have to work and I continue to do so. My family is still here including grandchildren.
I will keep fighting as long as I can until they come for my guns and/or turn off the energy supply so that I can’t heat my home or have electricity. Why should I be the one that has to move??
Acts 5:29
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But they’ll tell you you are being obedient to God by submitting to governing authorities.
I’m not saying they are correct but that will be the argument since I have heard it from other believers.
Like the so-called good Germans obeyed Hitler?
In interpreting/understanding this passage one must ask what our highest power below the God of the Universe is, if you answer is correctly the US Constitution, then most of what they demand of us can be ignored biblically. Now you may get to pay the piper so to speak but most of what our supposed “higher powers” do is counter to our founding documents.
Same here. I was yelling that it was a scam from the get-go.
We have had 7 weeks of frightening news, each week worse than the week before.
Not that I doubted you for one minute Sundance, but you were so right!
the risk they are worried about is…. the vaccinated swallowing that they have to still wear mask. This is why they are surveilling vaccinated metadata right now to pulse the temperature in the pot. To hot?
Yes, and I don’t think all the vaccinated are swallowing this. I am used to being the only one at Walmart without a mask but this past Saturday, suddenly I would say 1 in 10 people had no mask on and this despite Walmart’s putting the “Masks are required” sign back up in the front.
If masks today how far behind is the mandatory vaccine to save the people at the work place.
My understanding now is that the Feds cannot mandate masks and/or vaccines for EVERYONE. Only the states can do that, and…if and when they do mandate such tripe,then….?
The feds have mandated masks be worn on any federal lands or in federal buildings per Beijing Biden’s EO. Some time later, the CDC finally offered very vague “guidelines” for those unable to wear a mask.
It will be interesting to watch how they try implement mandatory vaccines.
I’m sure more “guidelines” will play into it, and every sheep in the country will demand those “guidelines” be followed as if they were the most important law in the land.
Visit any federal building in 6 months and see if you are not required to produce proof of vaccination.
That has been my main concern all along. If the vaccine becomes mandatory in federal buildings then I won’t be allowed access to my VA hospital for medical care. So far I have been only asked if I want the shot. When I answer, No, they say ok. Praying it will stay that way.
It is my understanding that the vax, termed experimental, is not able to be mandated, under law.
True, but what happens if it ‘legally’ stops becoming ‘experimental’?
Logically this makes no sense; not that it can’t happen BTW. Once everyone has the ability to be injected with the synthetic pathogen (incorrectly described as a vaccine) only those that choose to remain at risk are at risk.
The bill for mandatory vaccinations is already working its way through the NY Legislature.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a11179
That is my concern as well. Logically once everyone that wants it has access to the be injected with the synthetic pathogen, incorrectly described as a ‘vaccine’, all mandates should go away. Only those that choose to be ‘at risk’ from the wild virus will be at risk.
“ensure the safety of its compliance officers”
Que?
Why are “we” reviewing the safety of compliance officers? What increased risk does being a compliance officer now carry?
Are we about to learn about a rise in “threats” against “compliance officers” made by the “Q/Domestic Terrorist/Anti-Vax/Anti-Mask” bogeyman?
But, but, but…….they have such a dangerous job. They’re heroes, don’tcha know…….
So I’m starting to believe all of us will be legislated into being criminals
Any grounds for resistance like not wearing a mask will require re-education..
“Show me the man and I’ll show you his crime.”
The re-education process is already underway.
Why do you think the Superbowl was a paean to vaccinated healthcare workers?
Why do you think the local news stations are running pro-vaccination stories every single broadcast?
Why do you think the “Covid Passports” are being presented as dependent on either a vaccination (a one time two step process) or a recent negative test (a repetitive and ongoing process)?
Social compliance can be gained with means other than the stick. Right now they’re dangling the carrot: get vaccinated and enjoy the “new normal” with minimal inconvenience, or don’t and be treated like a second class citizen.
We are very quickly going to become a two-tier society…get the jab and we’ll “mark” you as good to go! If not, well, your life is going to get very hard, very quickly! It’s not a big deal, we promise…it’s just to keep everyone safe!
“Just a little pinprick…there’ll be no more, but you may feel a little sick….I do believe it’s working…Good – that’ll keep you going….” (Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd)
Did you ever wonder
Why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world
Unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?
— Good-bye Blue Sky, Pink Floyd
YES!!! Roger Waters has gone full tilt Leftist these days (like so many others) but they sure did write some good music back in the day… funny how they all renounce Capitalism AFTER they are rich enough to hire accountants to protect their fortunes!!
A borrowed lyric as an Ode to Dr. Fauci
Album: The Little Prince (Bob Fosse)
Whatever made me think of this ??? ?
If you would like to cure
The fever called life
Get some relief
From all the struggle and strife
The grandest medicine
That I can propose
Is under your nose
A snake in the grass
If you would like a spot
Where life never goes
Where you can leave your body
Home in your clothes
The finest travel agent
You’ll ever meet
Is right at your feet
A snake in the grass…
One sting
And you can say goodbye to all of your friends,
One sting
And you’ll be singing as your spirit ascends.
Alls well that ends
So any day or night
Wherever you are
If you would like to take
A trip to a star
The quickest transportation
Yet known to man
Is none other than
A snake in the grass.
If you would like to leave
That inhuman race
And take up residence
Out yonder in space
When you are ready
To go traveling on
Sit right down upon
A snake in the grass
One sting
Is quite enough
To make you happy And free
One sting And you’ll discover
How relaxed you can be
Posthumously.
And while you’re wandering
Through the heavenly blue
If you should see the Lord
Come strolling in view
Go up and say
You bring Him best wishes
From his fallen old chum,
A snake in the grass
A snake in the grass
A snake in the grass –
One sting
It’s almost painless…
Brings new meaning to the Mark of the Beast.
This maybe the time to make your local and state politicians a little uncomfortable?……They all need reminding that YOU are the BOSS,NOT them.
Follow the Science of Democommunism.
take “some comfort” that growing a beard means you cannot “fit test” for any mask and remain in compliance with OSHA.
and there are probably OTHER reasons to grow facial hair now and far into the future.
just saying…
to wit:
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/2016-05-09
“The Respiratory Protection standard, paragraph 29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A), states that respirators shall not be worn when facial hair comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function. Facial hair is allowed as long as it does not protrude under the respirator seal, or extend far enough to interfere with the device’s valve function. Short mustaches, sideburns, and small goatees that are neatly trimmed so that no hair compromises the seal of the respirator usually do not present a hazard and, therefore, do not violate paragraph 1910.134(g)(1)(i).”
grow em big fellas!
Did you *read* that before posting?
“Facial hair is allowed as long as it does not protrude undere the respirator seal…..or interfere with the device’s valve function.”
think y0u just answered the question eh?
did you read my last sentence?
I did and it made no sense. The statute “allows” facial hair that “does not protrude” from the masking device. That means big beards aren’t allowed. Either way, wearing a mask at work doesn’t sit well with me.
Make beards illegal? what better way to foster androgyny
okay confused .. apparently you insist on what is obvious.
grow your beard long…and refuse the statute.
read the other posts too.
if this still is confusing, maybe spend more time thinking about what you can do, versus what you “should” do.
capiche?
If you want to keep your job, you will have to go with full cover head gear or shave. There are already federal and private sector facilities that operate with those rules.
Enter the CROWN Act, which has been passed in some states and might get passed on the federal level which prevents discrimination against the wearing of natural hair in a workplace:
https://www.news4jax.com/features/2021/02/08/what-is-the-crown-act-and-why-do-black-women-need-a-law-to-protect-their-hair/
“The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Sept. 21, 2020. A companion bill was introduced in the Senate two days later but it failed to reach a floor vote before the end of the year. All pending legislation must be refiled in the new Congress.“
but the reasons for PPE for those cases WERE NEVER designed for COVID….
be clear on this discussion…we are talking about face diapers.
in almost every single PPE application you are talking about masks that are not designed for N95 particulate…
and in those cases where PPE requirements are for mitigation against dangerous environments BEYOND particulate at the N95,….we are talking about full head PPE and often supplied air.
make sure you understand the differences here.
grow EM big….still stands…
but more to the point…anyone working in federal government ALREADY has compliance to N95 for covid policies….
these new OSHA derived measures from the EO are not directed to those federal employees and contractors.
they are directed AT YOU AND ME…and others who are not employees or contractors.
so my points stands…given what this EO attempts to do.
grow em big.
true, it doesn’t solve for the women…but, it’s still something.
if it’s not more clear to explain why this EO is STUPID, then just understand that MOST (not all) PPE required by OSHA contains the exhale valve.
so, it’s stupid ..given the precise OSHA standards coupled with the standard mask recommended by CDC are completely different in design..they protect for entirely different things.
one for PROTECTING ONLY THAT PERSON WEARING IT from inhaling dangerous materials. (valved)
the other for protecting that person AND ALSO those around them…(no valve)
just pointing out another reason the resident occupier is an embecile and a con man, deserving the title of corrupt dog face pony soldier imbecile.
Regarding the exhale valve, United Airlines’ boardinbg announcement explicitly bars masks having them. Irrational as all of this is, if the government mandates such masks, I’m sure UA will memory-hole the old edict and impose the new.
OSHA says shave, or you do not qualify. If you do not qualify you go home.
I’ll bet certain religions will be excepted, so the dictators can retain their heads.
The masks will be a new class of PPE. They will be fitted or you won’t be working.
STEAMPUNK!
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Hitler wear that silly mustache shape because it would fit, and seal under a gas mask?
Yes. He allegedly shaved his mustache after exposure to mustard gas because his mask wouldn’t seal properly.
I wish this wasn’t true but I only see this BS ending until the US dollar is worthless.
When the dollar loses reserve currency status we are finished.
It may beccoming sooner than folks think.
The Yuan was sinking around Midnight Nov 3. Then the Fraud kicked in, and the Yuan took off.
When the Dow implodes next, look out.
I am a pessimistic investor admittedly. However this “ free money” and massive debt cannot continue much longer.
We? No the parasitic Kleptocracy is finished. Liberation is at hand. Do you not know?
well that just sucks.
masks forever
And perpetual vaccine upgrades. The Bill Gates business model perfected at Microsoft.
I linked everyone to the legal definitions that OSHA falls under in the US Code.
Read what the STATE definition is and understand who this applies too…
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/652
Lots of text there. Please tell us just the relevant stuff so we don’t have to pour over everything. Thank you.
When is enough…enough?
Looking around at all of the frightened sheep in the stores and in my neighborhood, hiding behind their ridiculous paper face diapers, unfortunately I do not think we are anywhere close to “enough”…the vast majority of people actually think that the Government “cares” and is “protecting” all of us!
Of course the silly surgical masks worn by The Dementia Patient and millions of others stops Cv like chicken cage wire stops mosquitos.
It’s just a virtue signalling act, saying “I comply”.
N95 or better N99 work to a point.
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OSHA walks in our place with a mask mandate? In Montana?
Love to see it.
You might be missing an important point here.
What OSHA is setting up is a snitching program. I, as an employee, could report you, the employer, for not following the regulations. OSHA will not need to walk in to inspect you. with a STAZI-level reporting system in place.
All you will need to have the hammer of the Federal government come down on you is one disgruntled employee. Years of legal harassment in the courts, years of PR harassment on socialized media, etc…
I am sure you will tell them to take a hike and fight them, but a lot of people will fold. It’s an effective strategy to gain compliance. One need only look how much power a small group of mentally disturbed people have gained by suing similar federal mandates to enforce radical gender theories into the workspace.
The retaliatory complaints will be overwhelming for osha inspectors which is why I think making this an osha rule isn’t going to happen. There is no threat to employees and masks are ineffective. Osha would have to show scientific proof of mask effectiveness. Look for more focus on air quality.
Bless your heart.
Do you ever have to deal with osha?
This. A whistleblower report with some smartphone video.
Take it one step further. Agents provocateurs will apply to get hired at places for the purpose of snitching.
Gov dewhine already did that with the Department of Public Safety’s Ohio Investigative Unit.
Dress in plain clothes and go hassle bar and restaurant owners.
OSHA has devastated American Business. A prime driver of the move to off shore.
However they aren’t really even needed. The sheeple are already attacking (quite literally) anyone not wearing a muzzle with the enthusiastic help of big biz. 65 yr old woman assaulted on her way out of a bank and the other patrons are cheering her assault from the sidelines. BOA says screw her.
Soon the sheeple snitches will be able to snap your foto with their hand held Behavior Modification Module / Transponder and using the wonderful OSHA RAT ap (report all transgressors) RATUOUT instantly…
Ive neen in front of OSHA hearing officers with hired guns to defend me. It’s no joke.
Thier whole culture is to shame blame you for possibilities not even actual injury.
If you plead guilty administratively the fine is usually cut in half but you have to forfeit your right to a hearing. I went for the hearing my last go around. The beurecrat regaled me with his resume as a 20 yearCoast Gaurd Veteran and then an OSHA official. Total pompous Karen like power tripping weasel. He was very proud of his service as contrasted to my careless private business like I was a scumbag. I told him I was a Marine and it didn’t qualify me for more than that and I really didn’t appreciTe his attitude. My safety consultant was not happy with me. It wasn’t very bright on my part but I got through it for $10 grand. These pricks are the most entitled unqualified protected enforcers you ever saw. They shame you for minor things as if they were life and death. We are in for a bad time with OSHA. They pick on corporations and people don’t understand that. It’s like the IRS but they have scope over the least important or responsible parts of a company. At least the IRS can only blame your accountants when your taxes are bad. OSHA can make a federal case out of the newest least experienced person You have and hold you the business owner responsible as if you deliberately told them to do something. When I. Fact there are so many refs at any given time your deficient somewhere. I got a fine once for not having MSDS sheets for PVC glue on a job site. Same glue they sell in Home Depot to homeowners without MSDS sheets.
The US military is fast becoming nothing more than the enforcement arm for tyrants. People need to not be under any illusions about that.
And don’t forget, these Fed agencies have agreements with each other. As in, “this workplace doesn’t look diverse enough, let me call my buds at EEOC.” Hmm, this guy I interviewed says his pay paycheck last October was off a little, “Hello Dept of Labor….?”
Or any of the dozen agencies that might be interested in poking around on some kind of pretense.
With all of these agencies, you are guilty. It’s just a degree of how guilty in the end.
Kaiser and others- It is not only OSHA! In the People’s Republic of NY we have INSPECTORS on every level of government bureaucracy including state, town and village. And this is on top of OSHA.
All the construction trades are highly regulated. It costs us about $5000 a year for licenses and insurance for a small plumbing business. That does not include cost of permits for each job, depending on the municipality. This is out of NY City where the cost to do business is beyond anything.
NONE of these regulations are about the “health” of the public. NONE. There’s an old saying that Plumbers guard the health of the nation. That was true centuries before fake Chi Com virus flu.
99% of the inspectors are political hack appointees who don’t know the building Codes. Often they come on to the job and tell the licensed plumber or electrician to do things that are against the Code. Many of them just want a bribe, aka a “tip”.
Even before CCP flu, the whole system of inspection and enforcement has been nothing but a huge money making machine for the cities, towns and villages. My small town building department submits its list of fees collected every month. Most months it is north of $30K and that is in a small NY town with not many residents and practically no new construction.
Yep. Having a disagreement over fixture unit requirement and you open your code book with a fifty tucked inside and suddenly Herr Inzpektor suddenly sees the light and hands you an approval sticker.
yes, the legal action alone will have an impact on businesses. non-compliance could me daily fines that would lead to insolvency..or worse, forced compliance.
also the stigma…you can BET the bad actors will point to some outbreak and provide legal funds to send your business into neverland for failing to prevent the spread to your customers.
it also means state and federal funding are at risk ….because many small businesses DO DEPEND on federal loans and programs. So that’s coming. It’s predictable given the scale of the shakedown against conservative independent minded citizens who prefer to handle risk and every day living on terms they can control.
imagine the local business license getting lifted….targeted of course to those businesses seen adverse to the support of the new stazi.
it’s coming folks.
stage 3 advances.
the gap narrow.
more will join in a majority to dissent against the state.
stay frosty.
Simple solution…call OSHA with complaint on all management dictating this nonsense. Catch ’em in a pic without the mask, and start the process. That will end it quickly!
Citizens contact your state government and insist they nullify Federal government orders that are unconstitutional! References for nullification is Tom Woods:
See also Peggy Hall of “The Healthy American” https://youtu.be/h5OTTFWr-lw
“See also Peggy Hall of “The Healthy American””
She is a goldmine of information.
https://www.thehealthyamerican.org/
THANKS FOR POSTING.
Everyone should inform themselves by watching this testimony by Dr Peter McCullough to the Texas Senate.
It is 20 mins long but will be the best 20 mins you spent this month.
We’ve been let down very badly.
I have every confidence that any minute now, Donald Trump will arrive with his Troops and save the world from impending doom, but he’d better hurry up.
There is also the “Americans With Disabilities Act” (ADA). Simply state that you have a disability that prevents you from wearing a mask. You do not have to disclose what that disability is, and they cannot ask because that is a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Republicans in Congress and in the states are going to have to start doing their jobs of representing the people and pushing back on these federal overreaches by Leftists.
My bosses, who are very conservative, will not let any of us NOT wear a mask for any medical reason because they are so scared they will be shut down. So it’s wear a mask or go home. Costco stated the same thing. No mask, no shopping, even with a doctor’s note.
If your state has a medical exemption clause, and your bosses aren’t honoring it, you can and should file a complaint with the state labor board saying the company is violating the state mask order AND putting your health in jeopardy. A doctor’s declaration on your behalf will be necessary for this course.
At Costco recently, saw many people with masks pulled down below their noses after entering. Resistance of a kind.
Have you seen the CDC “guidelines” on those unable to wear a mask? They don’t give a damn about any disability. They say even those with asthma can wear a mask. They offer lame examples of those unable to wear a mask such as someone unconscious, or someone vomiting. They make very clear that if someone claims they cannot wear a mask, they will be required to do to a doctor to have that claim verified.
I cannot imagine many doctors wanting to go against the latest mandates from Uncle Josef.
Ran into an old friend last week. He lives in a Veterans residential community.
He has lung damage and can’t breathe with a mask.
Now he has to carry an oxygen machine when using the common areas. Even outside. And his mask.
CDC “guidelines”.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover-guidance.html
“People with certain underlying medical conditions
Most people with underlying medical conditions can and should wear masks.
CDC isn’t the last word on who can/can’t wear masks. Those who have low oxygen levels or heart conditions shouldn’t have their O2 levels doubly compromised (intake/exhaust). Those who’ve had heart attack, TIA, or stroke should qualify for mask exemption also, as reducing O2 intake while making someone rebreathe their C02 could induce HA or stroke through stress of trying to breathe through the damn thing all day long. Claustrophobia should be another exemption. As well as interference with peripheral vision.
Most of your examples would not qualify for exemptions, since even COPD patients requiring portable O2 can still wear a nasal cannula under a surgical-type mask. Claustrophobia? It can be quite distressing, but it won’t exempt you from anything. (I also used to administer MRIs. Heck, EVERYBODY is claustrophobic to some degree. If a patient can’t handle the machines, the docs just order sedatives.)
Right to work states will tell you to mask up or get out.
Already had it happen with my employer in a “red” state.
Businesses in some states can already legally require that you produce a doctor’s permission note attesting you have a medical exemption to not mask. Since such notes need not explain the condition, it’s not a violation of either HIPAA or the ADA. But they do contain the doctor’s state license #, to prevent forgeries.
I expect this to become more widespread, since it parallels a different “at the door challenge” process I’ve been through. I used to train service dogs for the blind and other disabilities. Eventually I had to carry paperwork at all times, because so many people were cheating by putting their pets in generic vests to take them along shopping that stores and cafes began challenging at the door. (There were also incidents of shoppers being bitten by the under-trained pets, for which the business was liable.)
The ADA allows any business to ask what “physical service” an animal performs, and I had to be able to provide training credentials from the service orgs. “Companion animals for emotional support” do NOT qualify under ADA unless they also perform a function on the list of physical services. I got a little Havanese certified for PTSD support, but only because her owner was diabetic and she was able to smell (and warn him) if his blood glucose was going out-of-wack.
My mask says “This mask is as USELESS as JOE BIDEN”….
Good one!
Thank you. I just wrote that on my face diaper.
OSHA/NIOSH are run by the CDC. That’s why you didn’t hear from them during the first year of Covid..They were busy covering their asses, rewriting thousands of pages of regs, in preparation for this. They should have been fining and closing shops & hospitals for putting workers at risk for not having fit tested respirators that actually work against biological agents but they’re corrupt.
I saw this coming early on and the fact President Trump & the never reopening task force refused to have a qualified member speak at all, was evidence it was all part of the plan.
No. That hierarchy is inaccurate. CDC is under the supervision of the Department of Health and Human Services. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor. It isn’t run by the CDC. OSHA also has to document, inspect and regulate physical safety issues unrelated to communicable diseases.
EHS professional here, I agree the concerns about this are valid. OSHA has wide discretionary authority under it “General Duty Clause” to enforce what an individual inspector deems unsafe. This could go beyond masks in theory.
However, were OSHA to launch into this type of enforcement it would mean that an employer can sue to require OSHA to prove it unsafe to not mandate masks, social distancing, hygiene, etc. The burden of proof would be on them. That could get quite interesting to say the least, given what common sense tells you about the effectiveness of even the beloved N95 style mask relative to tiny virus particles.
Unfortunately as we Treepers know too well, common sense is in short supply these days relative to the CCP virus.
” an employer can sue to require OSHA to prove it unsafe”
That may be true; however, filing a lawsuit requires an attorney and lawyers cost money.
The opposition gets paid by our tax dollars.
So we the little people lose either way.
Time to retire……
I did in January 2020 from a Fortune 500 company. I missed the China Virus AND BLM messes, complete with weekly, sometimes daily emails, according to some old co-workers. Talk about timing!
Is OSHA able to make and enforce rules that require CUSTOMERS wear masks to keep EMPLOYEES “safe”? Talk about killing the economy. I’m seeing more and more people just ignore masks in stores now and a national mandate will not go over well. I’m so thankful that I’m retired.
osha is meant only to protect employees.
If a business owner is also the only employee, osha rules don’t apply to that person.
Businesses can mandate masks for its cutomers. Depending on the state, they may or may not mandate customers to mask up, and/or enforce noncompliance of a mandate rule.
Here in NH, the rino gov. has mandated masks for all employees. He later added everyone in public, but does not mandate punishment for noncompliant people. He also has some medical exemptions to mask wearing, once claimed, they do not have to be proven.
In my part of the state, some places won’t let you shop without a mask, some will confront you asking if you want one (if you say no for any reason other than a medical exemption, they will “escort” you out), most say nothing.
oops, supposed to be “…enforce compliance of a mandate rule.”
Provides a safe work environment.
Rules and laws don’t matter anymore.
What are the feds going to do? Put a Chivato on every corner to make sure we comply?
See my comment above. OSHA is building a snitching program. It is creating a system in which employees can “whistleblow” on non-compliant employers.
Employees will be the Chivatos.
In Michigan we have the health department weaponized against businesses. They are being fined for not having covid protocols . If an employee feels their health is in danger, they can report to government that the business is not being covid compliant.
masks are the new swastika armbands
Aka “Jew Badges”.
OSHA guidelines were to protect the worker. Now who will protect the worker from OSHA?
I can’t breathe!
I urge everyone to watch Mark Levin’s program on Fox tonight. He went over the bill that changes voting laws (OMG, if only we could force ABC, NBC, CBS to cover it). I felt sick to my stomach, literally.
I think we have to move fast to what Sundance posted yesterday: as many states as possible MUST rebel, must ignore Joe’s EO’s, must stir up their citizens against this totalitarian reign and MUST just as rigorously hold every damned GOP elected official on the Hill responsible for their NOT fighting.
Remember when Dems hated what a GOP POTUS was doing? They caused a stir. They put on “performances” every day for the press, they parked themselves on the steps of SCOTUS and elsewhere and what do we hear from the GOP? Polite presentations on Fox : “I strongly disagree.”
I don’t think waiting for the 2022 elections will result in saving the Republic.
Yes, Levin did a great job this evening, 53 EOs and zero coverage of their harm and illegality. I keep thinking, it is only March…
We should remember that these are Executive Orders. Quick to make. Quick to break. They can disappear with the next administration just as quickly as they arrived with this one. One fault I have with Trump is that he relied too heavily on EOs. We can see the result by how quickly joe’s string pullers have reversed most of them. Best to do things the old fashoned way making law through the legislative branch and an executive signature signing it into law.
“next administration” will be Kamala Harris. There will never be another America first administration. HR1 and 30 million illegals voting will ensure that. Where have you been?
Our President Trump had NO choice but to do Exec Orders.
Who exactly was going to support making all those laws?
I don’t think waiting for the 2022 elections will result in saving the Republic.
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You didn’t just figure that out, did you, TL?
They are debating this right now and the pro and cons. The feds are well aware of the lawsuits that can happen should they try this and their fear is while it’s works it’s way up to SC and a circuit court says that OSHA doesn’t have authority and SC doesn’t decide to take it up, well more people and states will not ever wear a mask again.
Maybe they’ll need another Harrison Deal to make circuit court judges understand what’s expected of them.
Will OSHA be regulating the illegals coming across the border in record numbers carrying covid and whatever else all over the United States or just going after hard working Americans? Asking for a friend.
NOPE.NOT ALLOWED.
This is absolutely going to happen. Do you really think that leftists, when afforded the opportunity to attain more unchecked power, would not jump all over this. I’m surprised they delayed their gratification until March 15th
Watch them blame it on the recklessness and irresponsibility of De Santis and Abbott.
Time for a national date to stop the mask madness.
I’m pretty sure it’s the Twelfth of Never.
How about April Fools day. No more masks. Ever.
Benjamin Franklin was correct, those who give up freedom for security have neither. What is even more infuriating in this instance is the professed “security” of masks is illusory at best.
65 year old, Terry White, had business at the Bank of America in Galveston, Texas. The police were called and Ms. White’s foot was broken by the rough treatment of the police for her not wearing a mask. The Mayor of Galveston said she was not arrested for being maskless but for trespassing.
So which was it? Ms. White has/had an account at Bank of America. I say red pill ’em Ms. White!
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/woman-arrested-at-galveston-bank-after-refusing-to-wear-a-face-mask-resisted-officers
Masks cause harms. Workers can also complain that the masks are causing them harms. It will open Pandora’s box IMHO. They might just reject the idea, but I doubt it.
They don’t care.
They breezed right past any and all election protection laws and mandates without so much as messing up a single coifed (taxpayer funded) hair on their collective Zika heads.
Back in the mid to late 70’s and early 80’s, many companies were forced by osha to enforce clean shaven faces so that no facial hair would interfere with the fit of respiratory masks. Everyone who might need to wear such equipment was fit tested.
All safety equipment had to be supplied by the company. If you came to work without a freshly shaven face, you were sent home.
My workplace already requires masks so it is not going to be new to me.
When governor of MI Rick Snyder administration in concert with R legislature enacted a number of great under the radar protections for the people. Beyond greatly expanding hunting and streamlining CDL process, he declared NDAA illegal in MI and any fed attempting to enforce NDAA in his state would be arrested and detained indefinitely. Turned the tables. Any UN personnel in his state best not attempt anything, such as election inspection, firearm study etc – same goes for them. They meant it. I can see De Santis rolling in same fashion. Arrest and OSHA twerp attempting to fine a business in his state. Talk about massive political points. Everyone would love it.
Honestly, nullification is too little too late.
Several articles on the subject have been published across the Conservative Spectrum over the last few months and for a while I was on board. But, given the lengths to which the Feds are MORE than willing (and able) to enforce their diktats, I’d say its WAY past time to consider more *vigorous* options.
I have talked to a couple of environmental scientists whose jobs are to consult with and help businesses maintain OSHA standards for a healthy workplace. Both of them have done the research, and know that there is no scientific evidence that proves the efficacy of masks. If OSHA goes ahead with this insane mandate, it will put many environmental scientists in a tough spot. By nature, they follow the scientific method and operate on principles of logic and reason, and they will be forced to implement policies they know are garbage.
It is time for the Red States to take the Principle of Nullification into full effect. This would be a great place to start.
Just say no to osha.
Say no to the federal gov.
#TEXIT
(just leave us alone!)
This is a another cash crop waiting to be harvested by the state. If you’re Yes daddy compliant you will be fined on a daily basis. If you choose to stay open the fines will be double. The only way to stop the cash bleed is to become compliant along with the fines will destroy your business. Don’t look to the states for help. Look what they have already done to American small business.
Think it is time for a MASK burning party. If you want to wear one DO IT but leave us normal’s alone
Sounds like another tool to be used by the left to weaponize one of their agencies to go after and punish businesses they deem to be their political enemies.
Thus the strong attraction (and certainty) of it.
OSHA has a very strict rule making procedure that is set an alarm. It is not like the EPA I really do not think that OSHA has the power or the authority to do this and people should resist. Oh shit cannot just mandate a worker procedure without going through rulemaking
Not set an alarm – set by law. And not oh sh$t. OSHA. I dictated and phone would not scroll up to read. Apologies.
I think our “new normal” is gonna be masks.. We won;t have to wear them in our homes or outside by ourselves, but I see masks now on all forms of transportation, flying, bus, train, other public transportation, doctor offices, office building, restaurants at least by the employees, grocery stores , schools.. I bet masks will be permanant.
If one will not, does not, kill one’s enemies they will kill you. Has anyone noticed?
Seems a complete U-turn for OSHA to mandate masks for a non-existent or non-provable threat. I recall the good old days of last year when the employer was mandated to assess and quantify the hazards in the atmosphere, before assigning respiratory protection. It gets much worse: The CFR for respiratory protection also requires medical evaluations, fit testing, written plans, a place for respirator storage, cleaning and removal and proof that work practices and engineering controls are not an option. We may as well just stop working.
What kind of mask would OSHA mandate? The litle blue paper masks a lot of folks wear? The cloth masks that are personalized? How about the N95 “cup” style masks?
None of these are effective in blocking 1 micron diameter virus particles. In fact, OSHA won’t recommend the N95 mask n areas where asbestos particles float. OSHA knows it faces a big liability problem. Will they knuckle?
This Biden guy and his crew are going to kill us all.
If they go forward with this we would be better off without OSHA and the FBI.