February 02, 2023

The US House "ended" the state of emergency for the Covid-19!

The US House has "ended" the state of emergency for Covid-19! Republican lawmakers voted to end the emergency as of now, even though Biden had set the "expiration" for May.

Despite President Joe Biden's announcement that emergency declarations related to COVID-19 would expire in May , House Republicans voted to end the public health emergency immediately.

In the United States, Republicans who control the House on Tuesday approved a measure to end the public health emergency designation related to COVID-19, despite an announcement a day earlier that President Joe Biden would end emergency declarations in a few months and even throwing the phrase "The state of emergency will end when the Supreme Court says so" but the opposition here and now closed the issue wanting as they said to put an "end to the Covid surveillance state".

In other words, ending the restrictive measures and most importantly the obligation to vaccinate entire groups of workers.

Termination of public health emergency for Covid-19

After a lengthy debate in which lawmakers at times disagreed on key facts about the virus and vaccinations, Republicans voted as a bloc to end the covid-19 emergency declaration, along with another measure that would end the vaccine requirement for health care workers at some facilities, as the GOP began leaning on a policy platform related to the pandemic this week, despite dim prospects for legislation in the Senate.

"Today, the Republican majority begins the long process of reversing the policy failures of President Biden and the previous Democratic majority ," Rep. Michael Burgess of Texas said on the House floor Tuesday. "Abolishing the COVID Surveillance State."

The public health emergency was first enacted by the Trump administration in 2020 and, along with other emergency declarations, gave the federal government broad authority to expand health care services while helping to approve treatments and vaccines for COVID -19 at record speeds.

On Monday, the Biden administration informed Congress that it plans to let the emergency declarations expire on May 11. But while Democrats and Republicans seemed to agree that the emergency declaration should end, they disagreed on the timing.

Democrats have been adamant that legislation to end the public health emergency was rushed and that additional time would allow for a useful adjustment period. Representative Frank Pallone of New Jersey argued that Biden's timeline would allow the nation to "responsibly" end its COVID-19 programs.

"A pandemic of this magnitude cannot unfold overnight," Pallone said. "We can't flip a switch and make COVID-19 end with the flick of a finger . "

But Republicans argued that Biden's timeline was arbitrary, criticizing the president for claiming earlier this year that the pandemic was over while maintaining emergency declarations.

"Instead of waiting until May 11, the Biden administration should join us now to immediately end this declaration ," said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana.

"House Republicans are making it clear that the days when the Biden administration could hide behind COVID to waste billions of taxpayer dollars on their irrelevant, radical agenda are over."

But the GOP appeared to be facing a sticking point over Title 42, a public health policy that allows border agents to quickly deport immigrants because of the threat of COVID-19.

According to the White House, ending the public health emergency would also end the controversial immigration policy, which the administration has tried to end while Republicans have rallied to continue it.

Even so, Republicans argued that the legislation passed Tuesday would not end Title 42. Democrats were quick to point out a discrepancy in their stance on ending the public health emergency and preventing public-interest immigration. health.

"While my colleagues say there is no need for a public health emergency, they want to keep Title 42 at the border because of the public health emergency implications," said Representative Lou Correa, D-Calif. "If you really believe the pandemic is over, then you can't say Title 42 is still needed at the border because of a health care crisis."

The bill's sponsor, dubbed the Pandemic is Over Act, responded by arguing that "we are not admitting that COVID-19 is over in this country."

"We certainly don't want it coming across our southern border," said GOP Rep. Brett Guthrie of Kentucky.

"So we support keeping Title 42 in place." The bill will now head to the Senate, where it is unlikely to pass the Democratic-led chamber.

After all, everything is done for the eyes of the world.. And for the improvement of people's perceptiveness.. They constantly send messages that normally should make many people think.. And they try, I can say, as "sweetly" as possible to take back issues that have caused enormous pressure in everyday life, with the main aim and purpose of avoiding reactions from the world which could not be controlled..

It is very basic to understand that the first thing to be avoided from the beginning was the uncontrolled reaction of the world, which might even end in bloodshed.

We have said and explained it for at least the last three years, that the truth was not enough just to be told.. We had to live it and see it for ourselves, so that we can accept it and assimilate it.. And that happens in the days us…

They don't appeal to everyone.. They knew from the beginning that not all of us would respond, but a percentage of people would be able to perceive.. They aimed for this percentage from the beginning and I think they succeeded..

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