Ping-Pong Ball Bounce Could Determine the Fate of Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate 🇺🇸💉@COVID19Up: The fate of Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers could come down to the bounce of a ping-pong ball. Officials in 27 states, employers and several business organizations have filed challenges to the mandate in numerous federal courts. The cases are expected to be consolidated under one of the circuit courts in a decision expected any day now. On Friday (Nov. 12), New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that put the mandate on hold before it even started, but which federal court ultimately ends up with the case will likely determine whether the COVID-19 vaccine mandate gets tossed out. In all, 34 objections have been filed in all 11 regional circuits plus the one for the District of Columbia. That’s where the ping-pong balls come in. It turns out that each circuit where a challenge is filed within the first 10 days of the agency taking action has an equal chance of…