Fast Facts for July 9, 2021
This order includes dozens of government agencies and as I said 72 specific initiatives.
I won’t list all of them here – but some of the big ones include.
- Banning or limiting non-compete agreements
- Banning unnecessary, cumbersome occupational licensing requirements that limit workers from using their skills across state lines
- Lower prescription drug prices by supporting state and tribal programs to import safe and cheaper drugs from Canada
- Allowing hearing aids to be sold over the counter at drug stores (saving Americans thousands of dollars)
- Banning excessive early termination fees on your internet bills. This order also requires clear disclosure of plan costs so you can actually comparison shop
- Banning your landlord from having an internet exclusivity arrangement with a certain provider that limits you as the tenant to just one option.
- And this order will also make it easier for people to get refunds from airlines when your baggage is late and require airlines to disclose clear upfront add-on fees so you can actually comparison shop.
Now – several of the items in Biden’s Executive Order have normally been left up to individual states to regulate. And of course states big business will likely push back on all of these things hard. Expect several lawsuits to follow.
President Biden Executive Order here.
President Biden Executive Order Fact Sheet here.
PLUS
Should your kids go back into the classroom for the upcoming school year?
The CDC says yes. It’s safe to do so and school districts should prioritize it.
The c-d-c issued new guidance this morning for kids in kindergarten through 12th grade. But – there are some additional covid19 prevention measures school districts need to follow and parents should know in order to keep everyone safe.
- The c-d-c says masks should be worn in doors by all people over the age of two who are not fully vaccinated. But students and teachers who are fully vaccinated don’t have to. (currently only those 12 years old and older are approved to get the vaccine.)
- On top of that — there should be 3 feet of physical distance between students in classrooms. And when 3-feet is not possible schools are required to layer additional prevention strategies
- School districts and parents must continue screening and testing everyone in the school who is unvaccinated for covid19 weekly, improve ventilation, advocate handwashing and covering your mouth when you cough or sneeze. Parents should keep their kids at home when they get sick and school districts should immediately contact trace, isolate and quarantine those who come in contact with a person who has tested positive. And of course, the cleaning and disinfecting protocols must be continued.
The c-d-c says it’s safe to send kids back because of the vaccination rates increasing across the country. But when those vaccination rates are low, school districts, and local governments need to monitor community transmission and outbreaks of covid19 and let those facts guide which prevention strategies need to be implemented in the schools and whether universal mask wearing will be required again.
Read the CDC guidance here.
