Will The Courts Once Again Take Up The Issue of Mandatory Vaccination?

Jeffrey A. SingerThe first ‐​in‐​the‐​nation case against mandatory COVID vaccination wasfiled today by a Dona Ana County, N.M. detention officer who claims he was fired for refusing to receive the first dose of the mRNA vaccine. Last month the County Managermandated vaccination of all county ‐​employed first responders—which includes sheriff’s deputies, firefighters, and detention officers.According to a report in the Las Cruces (N.M.) Sun ‐​News, the plaintiff, Isaac Legaretta, argues that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee stated that vaccines given emergency use authorization should not be mandated. Further, the plaintiff points to federal law protecting the right of patients to refuse adminis tration of any unapproved product, asserting that emergency use authorization is not the same as formal approval.The County Manager ’s office contends that, unless special working arrangements are made for those refusing vaccination, “being vaccinated is a requirement and a condition of on ‐​going employment with the County due to the significant health and safety risks posed by contracting or spreading COVID-19.”As I havewritten:In a free society, no person should initiate force against another, and should use force only in retaliation or self ‐​defense. Forcibly injecting substances into someone else’s body cannot be justified as an act of self‐​defense because there is no ...
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