Governor Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr said they have filed a lawsuit to challenge the Biden administration’s Head Start vaccine and masking mandate.
This as the Georgia Department of Public Health releases data showing a spike in new cases that some experts believe could be the start of the fifth wave of COVID-19 in the state.
At the end of last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandated all Head Start staff and certain contractors and volunteers be fully vaccinated by the end of January 2022. It further mandated masks must be worn by children two years of age and older.
Kemp and Carr again plan to battle the Biden administration, this time on the Head Start mandates.
“After taking unprecedented action to impose three reckless mandates on our nation’s workforce, the Biden administration has doubled down on its efforts and is now targeting our state’s youngest learners,” said Attorney General Carr. “The federal government is attempting to force Georgia families to choose between two equally problematic outcomes – either give up their right to make their own healthcare decisions or risk their child’s education. This unlawful power grab is merely the latest example of a disturbing pattern emerging in this administration, and we will continue to fight back to protect our state and our citizens.”
“This administration is trying to force kids as young as two to wear a mask all day. It is outrageous – and we’re taking them to court to put a stop to it,” Kemp wrote in a tweet on Tuesday evening.
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