His complaint states, According to that body of law, GMU cannot impair Professor Zywickis right to refuse medical care through subtle forms of coercion any more than it could through an explicit mandate.. Kheriaty told Fox News on Thursday that he has "been overwhelmed with very encouraging correspondence, too much to keep up with, from many faculty and staff, as well as graduate and undergraduate students, at the University of California who have natural immunity and feel they dont need the vaccine.". These events seem to signal a coming legal inflection point on mandatory inoculation policies. "But what the evidence shows is that those who have been infected and recovered from COVID have immunity protection that's comparable to that provided by the highest quality vaccines in the range of 90 to 95%.". Forcing a university to make individualized assessments of every professor (as well as all staff members and students, since the same rule should apply to all) who claims to have had COVID, and, more importantly, claims that he still have enough antibodies to prevent any spread to anyone, is simply not economically possible and workable, Banzhaf said. Although this development is undoubtedly a tremendous victory for Zywicki and the fledgling NCLA, GMU did not revise its general policy on vaccines. "We reason about risks this way all the time," he said. A law professor sued George Mason University over its coronavirus vaccine mandate, claiming hes built a robust natural immunity after recovering from COVID-19 last year. Zywicki and the New Civil Liberties Alliances lawsuit against the university is currently ongoing and remains an active court case. Mr. Biden told would-be litigants against his vaccine plan to have at it after he announced it in September. Based on this information and guidance, we believe that the steps we are taking will best protect the health and safety of the Mason community and allow the Mason community to engage in a vibrant in-person campus experience., Even with the vaccine requirement in place, some GMU students are still nervous about the return to classes this fall and what the future may hold for the school. Use the 'Report' link on Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Yes, they would have and in fact did. These actions would be violations of the 9th and 14th Amendments as well as the Supremacy Clause. "It became clear to me that if I, as a medical ethicist, didnt stand up and try to represent those voices, then those folks would be steamrolled by these policies," he said. He has also held research positions at the Cato Institute, the Connecticut State Senate, Cause of Action Instituteand other organizations. Professor who had COVID sues George Mason University over Todd Zywicki feels the policy is the school's way of trying to coerce him to undergo "an unnecessary and potentially risky medical procedure for no good reason.