
The injunction that the Supreme Court dissolved would have blocked the enforcement of the mandate in a total of 24 states.1
The Supreme Court made it plain that the CMS vaccine mandate is “consistent with the fundamental [Hippocratic] principle of the medical profession: first, do no harm.” 1
A White House statement issued in the wake of the Supreme Court decision captured the same spirit in stating that the mandate “will save lives: the lives of the patients who seek care in medical facilities, as well as the lives of doctors, nurses, and others who work there.” 2 To read this article in its entirety please visit our website.
“The CMS Vaccine Mandate at the Supreme Court: A Hippocratic Imperative” originally appeared in the September 2022 issue of The American Journal of Medicine.