Mon Jan 31, 2022 – 12:56 pm EST
RICHMOND, Virginia (LifeSiteNews) — Virginia’s new Republican-appointed attorney general has issued a legal opinion asserting that state universities cannot mandate COVID shots for students since “nowhere in the Code of Virginia does the law say that Virginia public institutions can require vaccinations as a condition of enrollment or in-person attendance.”
In a Friday letter addressed to Virginia’s newly minted Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares advised the governor that state-funded colleges and universities may not force students to get jabbed with the experimental COVID-19 shots in order to enroll in classes or attend the institution in-person.
BREAKING: I’ve issued my first ever Attorney General opinion – Virginia state universities cannot mandate the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition for enrollment or in-person attendance.
Check it out here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/dliMICczCZ
— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) January 28, 2022
Miyares acknowledged that certain vaccinations, including those for diphtheria, tetanus, and measles, have long been required for enrollment in public institutions of higher learning.
At the same time, he pointed out that the list of required vaccinations in Virginia does not include the experimental injections for the coronavirus.
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