Appeals court sides with Indiana University on vaccine mandate
Source: The Hill
A federal appeals court is siding with Indiana University over its requirement that all students next semester be vaccinated against COVID-19 or wear masks if they cannot get the shots for religious or medical reasons.
A group of eight students at Indiana University had sued the school over the policy, but in court documents filed on Monday, the panel of three of Republican-nominated judges pointed to a 1905 case that held that the state was permitted to require all members of the public to be vaccinated against smallpox.
"There can't be a constitutional problem with vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2," they wrote.
The judges ruled that the case for Indiana University's rule was in fact easier to argue than the 1905 smallpox one for two reasons.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/appeals-court-sides-with-indiana-university-on-vaccine-mandate/ar-AAMRq0T?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP
= new reply since forum marked as read
