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The End of Public Health? It’s Not Dead Yet

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Environmental Protection Agency decision, which limited federal agency power to protect against environmental harms. The Court did so by building on decisions like National Federation of Independent Business v. OSHA , which limited federal authority to regulate worker safety with COVID-19 vaccination requirements.

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A Different Future Was Possible: Reflections on the US Pandemic Response

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Most crucially, the federal policy response created conditions in which states could implement universal SARS-CoV-2 mitigation measures (e.g., They allowed furloughed workers to, in most cases, earn more on unemployment than they had on the job. They allowed people to stay home when sick, protecting their coworkers.

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