Clarity needed: Sisolak on upcoming vaccine mandate

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After a confusing rollout of Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate on businesses with over 100 employees, the White House has finally said the mandate could be finalized this week.

Governor Steve Sisolak’s initial response to the mandate was just as confusing as the mandate itself. While he has fully embraced mandating vaccines for teachers and prison workers, all he said about the Biden mandate on small businesses is that his team would “further analyze” it. Read: his team would analyze the political implications of embracing it for his reelection race.

“With Biden’s vaccine mandate potentially being finalized this week, Nevada small business owners and employees will be looking to their governor for guidance on how this will affect their livelihoods,” said RGA Spokesperson Maddie Anderson. “This new mandate will put business owners in an impossible situation just as they are beginning to rebuild after Governor Sisolak’s overburdensome COVID restrictions shut them down last year. Small business owners and workers across the state await clarity from Sisolak: does he support this measure that will spurn job loss and again devastate the economy? Or will he finally find the political courage to do what’s best for Nevada?”