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Appeals court backs Indiana U on required vaccines

August 3, 2021

A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal of a district court’s ruling denying an injunction against an Indiana University rule requiring all students to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit used language in rejecting the appeal that strongly backed Indiana University.

Writing for the panel, Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote, “People who do not want to be vaccinated may go elsewhere. Many universities require vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, but many others do not. Plaintiffs have ample educational opportunities.”

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