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MSU Sued For Mandating Vaccination For Individuals Who’ve Already Had COVID

September 6, 2021
The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a lawsuit against Michigan State University over the COVID vaccination policy it announced July 30 for students and staff. Specifically, it objects to the school’s refusal to grant an exception for individuals who already have natural immunity acquired by previously contracting the disease. The lawsuit argues that the vaccine requirement violates…
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University of California Doctors Challenge Its COVID Vaccine Mandate As ‘Irrational’

September 6, 2021
A new category of professional has joined the legal challenges to university vaccine mandates: doctors. University of California Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine psychiatrist and medical ethicist Aaron Kheriaty is suing the university system to recognize his natural immunity from COVID-19 recovery, and he’s getting help from fellow UC medical professors. Read the full article…
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They Suffered Through Covid, and Still Don’t Want the Vaccine

September 5, 2021
Todd Zywicki, a George Mason University law professor, sued school officials in early August over its vaccination policy and other Covid measures, saying that he shouldn’t have to comply because he’d already had Covid. The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which represented him, later said Zywicki had been given a medical exemption. Read the full article…
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‘Go to a Different School’: Lawsuits Against COVID Vaccine Mandates Aim To Challenge Universities

September 4, 2021
A Western Michigan University soccer player is defending her decision to not get the COVID-19 vaccine as she and some of her fellow teammates fight back against the school’s policy. The deadline to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for the plaintiffs fighting the vaccine mandates has passed. While the lawsuits rely on different arguments, similar cases…
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Michigan State Employee Files Lawsuit Due to Vaccine Mandate

August 31, 2021
Michigan State administrative associate and fiscal officer Jeanna Norris filed a lawsuit against MSU’s administration on Friday in relation to the university’s vaccine requirement. According to the case of Norris v. Stanley, Norris tested positive for COVID-19, and after recovering, she tested positive for antibodies. Read the full article TweetShareShare0 Shares
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MSU Sued Over Vaccine Mandate

August 31, 2021
Michigan State University (MSU) employee sued over the school’s recently announced vaccine mandate, saying she has naturally acquired immunity to COVID-19 after recovering from the virus last year and doesn’t need the vaccine. Jeanna Norris is a supervisory administrative associate and fiscal officer at MSU, which has threatened disciplinary action, including termination, if employees do…
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