Tennessee removes exemptions from state’s ban on vax mandates

Tennessee on Dec. 1 halted dozens of exemptions that allowed businesses and public entities to require people to take COVID-19 preventive measures despite a state law severely limiting them, citing court rulings that blocked some of President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates, the Associated Press reports. The state’s action strips away protections for some private organizations to continue requiring proof of vaccination, and for some government entities to keep vaccination requirements or mask mandates.