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Opinion: Yes, You Can Get Some Immunity From Having COVID-19. But No One Should Wait To Get Vaccinated.

August 31, 2021
A major reason why many Americans remain unvaccinated is the belief that so-called natural immunity protects as well or better than immunity from vaccination. A professor at George Mason University recently filed a lawsuit against his employer alleging that because he recovered from covid-19, he should be exempted from the university’s vaccine mandate. Some physicians have argued that children…
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MSU, WMU Vaccine Requirements Challenged in Court

August 30, 2021
In a separate case, Jeanna Norris, a 37-year-old MSU administrative associate and fiscal officer, sued university President Samuel Stanley and the Board of Trustees, arguing that she has natural immunity after recovering from COVID-19 late last year.  Her immunoligist, Hooman Noorchashm, has advised her that it is medically unnecessary to undergo a vaccination, the lawsuit said.…
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Michigan State Accepts Foreign COVID Vaccines but Rejects Natural Immunity, Lawsuit Alleges

August 30, 2021
Michigan State University recognizes COVID-19 vaccines not approved for use in the United States with lower documented efficacy than natural immunity, according to a federal lawsuit. It’s the second filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) against a public institution of higher education for refusing to exempt recovered individuals from a vaccine mandate. Read…
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Athletes, Worker Sue Over Vaccine Rules at Michigan Colleges

August 30, 2021
The Michigan State plaintiff is Jeanna Norris, 37, a supervisory administrative associate and fiscal officer who said she has natural immunity — confirmed with two recent antibody tests — because she had COVID-19 last November. The complaint seeks class-action status for other school employees who have been infected with the coronavirus. It was filed Friday…
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College Admin Associate Refuses to Get Vaccine, Sues University for Making It Mandatory

August 30, 2021
A new class action lawsuit argues Michigan State University (MSU) employees who have already contracted COVID-19 and now have antibodies should not have to get the vaccine to return to work. MSU Administrative Associate and Fiscal Officer Jeanna Norris filed the lawsuit Friday in a Michigan federal court, alleging her constitutional rights to bodily autonomy…
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‘Naturally Immunized’ Employee Sues Michigan State University Over Vaccine Mandate

August 30, 2021
A Michigan State University employee is suing the university over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to a complaint filed in federal court Friday, Aug. 27. Jeanna Norris, a MSU administrative associate and fiscal officer, is suing President Samuel Stanley and the university’s Board of Trustees in the U.S. District Court’s western division of Michigan, saying…
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