Posted on 08/19/2021 10:24:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Lawsuit battles over vaccine mandates continue to heat up across the country. The Independent Restaurant Owners Association Rescue (IROAR) filed a lawsuit against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over the vaccine mandate he imposed on indoor dining venues, entertainment establishments, and fitness studios.
Those seeking redress: individuals who have pre-existing conditions where a vaccine would do them harm rather than help, and those who have had COVID-19 and recovered, and their natural immunity is equivalent, if not more robust, than the current vaccines.
Todd Zywicki, a 24-year tenured law professor at George Mason University (GMU), won a victory in his lawsuit which he filed against his employer. Two weeks ago, Zywicki took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to explain why he was suing GMU, and why recognition of natural immunity was important.
If I were not already naturally immune to Covid, I would have long ago gotten vaccinated at the first opportunity. But for those of us who have acquired natural immunity, vaccination provides none of the benefits of vaccination with all of the costs.
Just The News discussed the terms of the concession. While the university had no plans of changing its vaccine mandate policy at this time, it granted Zywicki a medical exemption:
George Mason University granted a veteran law professor a medical exemption from its COVID-19 vaccine mandate after he filed a lawsuit demanding recognition of his natural immunity, according to his lawyers.
But the Virginia public university has not updated its policy to recognize recovery from prior infection, as proven by antibody testing, as an accepted alternative to vaccination or exemptions for religious or medical reasons.
For that reason, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) said it “continues to explore litigation against GMU.” The public interest law firm implied it’s scrutinizing other Virginia public universities, asking COVID-recovered faculty to get in touch if their schools are “similarly disregarding the scientific facts surrounding naturally acquired immunity.”
Zywicki has also advocated on Twitter for his right to have his natural immunity recognized. Zywicki recently tweeted studies about the occurrence of disease variants, and natural immunity, and vaccines, which supported his arguments.
If you only have time or interest to read three key papers on variants, natural immunity, and vaccines, this is a good list:https://t.co/51fXzhlRmj (general)https://t.co/pjDzzHB3AZ (continued evolution of natural immunity)https://t.co/BzgDA0gKqm (viral load)
— Todd Zywicki (@ToddZywicki) August 10, 2021
Just The News further reported that Zywicki will not suffer any disciplinary action, and is required to be tested weekly, wear a mask and maintain social distancing when teaching his courses or conducting office hours, as well as engaging in meetings with colleagues.
The university issued a lengthy statement late Wednesday to rebut unspecified “public reports,” emphasizing GMU “has not entered into any settlement” with Zywicki and that it can’t comment on his exemption status under state law.
It has not and “does not plan to give” natural-immunity exemptions, which “would not be consistent with current medical science or public health guidance.” The university cited CDC and FDA guidance but not published research.
“Professor Zywicki has been treated the same as any other Mason employee and is required to comply with all Mason policies regarding vaccination, testing, face coverings, physical distancing, and other COVID safety precautions,” GMU said. “His litigation had no impact on the consideration of his request for a medical exemption from the vaccination requirement.”
You do it for one you have to do it for all.
Or it is unequal enforcement.
Control freaks freakin’ out...
People who should be exempted from vaccinations:
1. Those who had covid, and now have developed natural immunity.
2. Those who currently have covid and will develop natural immunity.
3. Those who haven’t had it yet, but might catch it and get natural immunity.
4. Those who haven’t had it, but can’t catch it for some reason.
I think that about covers it.
I have as much trust and faith in our FedGov public health elites as I do the FedGov military and foreign policy elites who have brought us the goat rodeo that is the Fall of Kabul.
Where have your been?
After a year of charges being dropped against those rioting and looting nationwide, those running this country pul the 1/6 protestors in solitary confinement for more than 6 months at this point, most still not charged. Equal treatment under the law is dead. The 6th Amendment would appear to be dead. Among others.
The question is, what are we going to do to bring these things back?
It sounds like the university conceded before the case could be heard in court. If so then the professor is the only beneficiary.
The USA is run from 2446 Belmont, (Kalorama), NW, DC. Why else the 9/11deadline for Afghanistan?
Is that Obama’s address?
That would be a good place for a protest.
Yes and YES!
(And VJ).
#1 and #2 can be easily recorded via Antibody tests.
But how do you determine #3 and #4?
Tucker had a segment last night about people waiting on transplants . They are being taken off lists because they are not vaccinated, knowing full well they are already compromised and the vaccine may kill them, So they are being refused the transplant.
I’ve heard rumors that NYC’s so-called vaxx mandate has special exemptions for Hollyweirdos, other celebrities, and pro athletes.
If that’s true...
You don’t - that’s the beauty of nature. I was being facetious - making the point that there is no case where we should be pushing vaccines on anyone who is reluctant to take them.
So many miraculous things are happening in nature without us knowing - even our best and brightest. And they were happening all along for a million years before we ever thought of making a microscope and thinking we could meddle with it and control it.
It is a beautiful thing when science can occasionally give us a leg up here and there, to battle the parts of nature that seem adversarial - like a plague.
But in truth, man doesn’t know enough to be absolutely sure which parts of nature are friend, and which are foe.
For example, it seems that mosquitos are nothing but a pest that can spread disease. But are we sure enough to wipe them out? No. We have no idea what chain of events would unfold over time.
Another example is water purity. If viewed too narrowly, man could come to the conclusion that salt is a contamination. Salt makes water undrinkable and much plant and animal life unsustainable. Yet, nature has seen fit to make almost all of the water on the planet salt water - and here we are. Making it into fresh water - if we could - would probably be a real bad idea.
I really think at the beginning of this panic-Demic it was appropriate to consider worst case scenarios, and stand ready to take drastic measures. But after a few months, our bureaucrats/politicians should have been reined in - and prevented from turning this into a manufactured crisis that the rich and powerful could profit from.
There is a level of meddling with nature that should only be a last resort.
With these vaccines, are certainly long past the time where we should have said to Big Pharma and her pimp Fauci: “Hold on - nature seems to be handling this”.
George Mason U doesn't.
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