{"id":19377,"date":"2021-07-20T21:45:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T01:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=19377"},"modified":"2021-07-20T21:45:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T01:45:50","slug":"us-judge-upholds-indiana-university-vaccine-requirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/07\/20\/us-judge-upholds-indiana-university-vaccine-requirement\/","title":{"rendered":"US judge upholds Indiana University vaccine requirement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A federal judge has refused to block a university’s requirement that students be vaccinated, in what is believed to be the first such ruling in the US.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Indiana University’s policy says that students, faculty and staff must have Covid-19 vaccinations by 15 August.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Eight students had sued to have the rule scrapped, alleging it violated their right to make their own choices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But the judge disagreed in his ruling, noting students have other methods to avoid vaccination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In their complaint, the students alleged that their constitutional rights to “personal autonomy” and to reject medical treatment were being trampled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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US District Course Judge Damon Leichty found, however, that the school’s policy does not amount to forced vaccinations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The judge wrote that the students have a number of options open to them, including applying for medical deferrals, taking a semester off or attending another school. Religious and ethical exemptions are also available for students to request on the university’s website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Leichty, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, added that the students are unlikely to be able to prove in court that their rights have been infringed upon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A lawyer for the students has vowed to appeal the decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The students had cited a number of reasons for opposing the policy, including a statistically low risk of contracting Covid-19 and the unclear long-term impact of the vaccine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The legal complaint also compared the vaccination policy to\u00a0the Tuskegee Study<\/a>, an unethical experiment during the 1930s in which African-American patients were deliberately withheld available syphilis treatments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Indiana is one of nearly 600 colleges across the country that have required Covid-19 vaccinations this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Vaccines have become a politically contentious issue in the US and many Americans remain hesitant about the jabs. President Joe Biden has warned that the country is falling short of their vaccination goals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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US health officials have also cautioned that the number of infections in the country has begun to rise in recent days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Experts say the pandemic is unlikely to end until more people are vaccinated.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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