SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Rep. Tina Liebling (DFL – Rochester), chair of the House Health Finance and Policy Committee, issued the following statement regarding a letter from House Republicans to Mayo Clinic demanding an end to its employee vaccination requirement:
“As Minnesota’s ICU beds fill, hospitals are overwhelmed, and our state passes 10,000 deaths from COVID-19, Republican legislators are actually working to disrupt vaccination efforts. Their attack on Mayo Clinic is particularly disturbing. They question Mayo’s scientific judgment and decisions about how to best protect its patients and even threaten to withhold state funding if they don’t get their way. Meanwhile, doctors, nurses, and health care leaders are pleading with Minnesotans to get vaccinated and take other precautions to fight the pandemic. It’s past time for Republicans to abandon extremism and help fight this threat to our public health.”