Mon Sep 20, 2021 – 8:19 pm EDT
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(LifeSiteNews) – A University of California professor filed a lawsuit against the school’s president and Board of Regents COVID-19 vaccine mandate, asserting that those with natural immunity should not be forced to take the vaccine.
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California-Irvine’s (UCI) School of Medicine and director of the Medical Ethics Program at UCI Health, is challenging the constitutionality of the school’s vaccine mandate on behalf of Covid-recovered individuals whose natural immunity is equal or superior to vaccine-mediated immunity.
Kheriaty began hearing concerns from others at the university earlier this year, ultimately prompting him to originate the suit against the school.
“It became clear to me that if I, as a medical ethicist, didn’t stand up and try to represent those voices, then those folks would be steamrolled by these policies,” Kheriaty said.
Six other equally distinguished UCLA and UCSF faculty members joined Kheriaty in support of his motion for a preliminary injunction to halt the system-wide mandate.
“Forcing those with natural immunity to be vaccinated introduces unnecessary risks without commensurate benefits — either to individuals
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