July 30, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — A George Mason University (GMU) law professor who has recovered from COVID-19 is threatening to sue the institution for requiring him to take a COVID-19 vaccine despite his natural immunity.
GMU is requiring all students to be fully vaccinated by August 1 before returning to campus, and all faculty to have received at least one dose by August 15 and be fully vaccinated by October 1, except for individuals with an “approved medical or religious exemption.”
The Epoch Times reports that the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) is representing Todd Zywicki, a professor at GMU’s Scalia Law School who has already contracted and recovered from COVID-19, against what it calls a “flawed reopening policy” that “tramples on the civil liberties of students, faculty, and employees alike.”
“For Professor Zywicki, who has recovered from COVID-19 and acquired robust natural immunity, it is not only medically unnecessary to undergo a vaccination procedure at the current time, but doing so also would create a risk of harm to him,” the NCLA explained in a July 21 letter warning of potential litigation. “Although the Policy may be well-intentioned, GMU has breached its constitutional and ethical obligations by interfering with
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