Wed Feb 2, 2022 – 5:49 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) – Three prominent academic institutions in Virginia rescinded their COVID-19 vaccine mandate policies in another victory for new Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares.
On Friday, Miyares released a legal opinion that while the state legislature has the authority to impose vaccination requirements for higher education attendance, universities do not have the power to do so themselves for a vaccine that is not already on the state’s list of required immunizations.
Since then, Virginia Tech President Tim Sands, George Mason University President Gregory Washington, and University of Virginia President Jim Ryan have all issued statements confirming the end of their schools’ vaccine mandates, the Daily Wire reported.
While opponents of vaccine mandates are pleased with the concession, some are waiting to see the institutions keep their word before celebrating.
>“Given the hesitant language University President Gregory Washington used in announcing the end of the mask mandate, and the fact that the university promised an end to the mask mandate more than a semester ago, I’m not confident the university can be trusted to keep its word,” law student Jacob Meckler told The Federalist. “Beyond that, because the university
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