Posted on 08/03/2021 8:58:17 AM PDT by george76
A George Mason University law professor with naturally acquired immunity from COVID is fighting against his employer’s strict COVID vaccine mandate.
Antonin Scalia Law School Professor Todd Zywicki, who recovered from a bout with COVID and has blood tests showing antibodies to the virus, said he will not agree to the university’s policy that employees get the vaccine or face numerous sanctions.
“George Mason is forcing me to choose between serving my students on one hand and undergoing an unnecessary and potentially risky medical procedure on the other,” Zywicki said in a statement.
“Multiple clinical studies have shown that natural immunity provides at least as much protection against reinfection as the most effective vaccines—and unquestionably more protection than less-effective vaccines from China and elsewhere that university policy approves,” said the law professor, who has taught at GMU since 1998.
At issue is a policy that “requires all unvaccinated faculty and staff members, including those who can demonstrate natural immunity through a prior COVID-19 infection, to wear masks on campus, physically distance, and undergo frequent COVID-19 testing,” according to the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which represents Zywicki.
The policy allows administrators to strip employees who choose not to share their vaccination status of eligibility for future merit pay increases, according to the alliance, which sent a 37-page letter to university leaders demanding Zywicki be exempted.
The letter includes a lengthy statement from Zywicki’s medical doctor, who advised the professor not to get the vaccine. It also includes a joint statement from Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford and Martin Kulldorff of Harvard, who agree Zywicki should be exempt.
The two cite several studies that found those who have recovered from a COVID infection “possess immunity as robust and durable as that acquired through vaccination.”
“In Professor Zywicki’s case, there is no doubt that, based on recent measures of his antibody levels and his history of prior COVID infection, he is protected by natural immunity,” the two medical professors state.
“The existing clinical literature overwhelmingly indicates that the protection afforded to the individual and community from natural immunity is as effective and durable as the efficacy levels of the most effective vaccines to date,” they state.
“There is no good reason from the point of view of Professor Zywicki’s personal health that he should be vaccinated. At the very least, the decision should be left to Professor Zywicki and his doctors without coercion applied by the University.”
Asked to weigh in on this brewing battle, George Mason University’s press office provided a statement that did not address the Zywicki issue in particular.
“George Mason University consistently prioritizes the health and safety of the 50,000-member Mason community. The decision to expand our vaccination requirements to faculty and staff is guided by currently available medical and scientific information and the guidance issued by federal and state public health agencies,” the statement read.
“Based on this information and guidance, we believe that the steps we are taking will best protect our community and allow our students to engage in a vibrant in-person campus experience this fall,” it added.
Jenin Younes, an attorney representing Zywicki, told The College Fix via email that the situation remains in flux.
“I hope that George Mason University—and other universities across America—come to their senses and recognize that naturally acquired immunity proven by antibody testing is as robust and durable as that achieved through vaccination,” she said.
“In fact, natural immunity is better than many of the vaccines. Accordingly, students and employees alike should not be forced to subject themselves to a medically unnecessary procedure.”
We must follow the “science”....or bend over and suffer the sodomy by the politicians that are using this issue to exhibit dominance over the peons.
HE IS RIGHT across the board.
“Multiple clinical studies have shown that natural immunity provides at least as much protection against reinfection as the most effective vaccines—and unquestionably more protection than less-effective vaccines from China and elsewhere that university policy approves,” said the law professor, who has taught at GMU since 1998.
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Proof authoritarians don’t give a damn about actually protecting people, but only that you follow their rules. They scream about “vaccinated” as if that was the end goal. it’s not. Immunization is the goal, although most officials who toss around the word ‘science’ are utterly clueless.
He certainly have common sense and logic on his side. The critical issue is does a person have proven immunity. If so, it does NOT matter where the person got it. IMHO, natural immunity is probably better and almost certainly is “broader” in the sense that it creates immunity that recognizes more epitomes than vaccine derived immunity recognizes.
“epitopes” not “epitomes”. I HATE SPELL CORRECT!
It’s not about immunity. Not about curing, containing or even eliminating Covid 19. Not about effective treatments for Covid 19.
None of that matters. It’s all about getting vaccinated. And they will lie their obamas off in order to achieve that goal.
I wonder if this will be settled quietly to suppress wider knowledge that natural immunity is to be preferred. I sincerely hope not.
I’ve had a mild case of COVID and wonder what the natural immunity life is. I’ve heard various answers but can’t find any science/data to back it up. I also take hydroxychloroquine and have been vaccinated and don’t wear a mask, anywhere.
Big Pharma, Bill Gates, Fauci, etc. hate natural immunity.. No money in that.
Natural (recovery) immunity is proven through over a century of virology science.
It is not experimental.
Trust the science.
Why is the CDC ignoring natural immunity? — follow the money .. windfall profits from lucrative government contracts for experimental jabs..
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3981668/posts
I’ve been battling this at my employer. The “fully vaccinated” get to go mask-free in the office while I have to wear a mask even though I had Covid and recoved AND had the first dose of Pfizer (close to the same day as Covid infection). It is utterly maddening that everyone has lost the ability to think critically about this.
I guess the issue of being forced into a medical experiment against his will is not an issue?
Nuremberg trials established that politicians could not force experimental treatments on the public .
The Illegals are not being given the Vax shots at the border..
Psaki admitted White House staffers do not have to be vaxxed, post office union , too
This has to go to the Supreme Court. Businesses should not be a.lowed to force their employees to take something that is proving to be dangerous. They recalled the swine flu vaccine because a couple 1000 out of millions developed guillone Barre syndrome (sp?) Supposedly. Too, it right off the market over concerns for people’s safety, but this vaccine may actually be killing people and causing massive issues, and the left are demanding that everyone get it?
And of course hardly anyone I. Congress on the right is ma,jng a scene about it to bring it to people’s attention that this vaccine could be dangerous.
Does it do good? Likely, but is it also .Ethan to some and da group to others? It sure appears to be. A court should rule that the vaccines stop until more information is known
The left screamed bloody hell about anecdotal accounts of people getting heart issues taking hcq, and demanded that it be banned because it was ‘too dangerous to take because a few folks with known heart issues had problems.
Here the vaccine is likely way worse than how ever thought of being, and the left are angrily demanding that everyone ignore that and get vaccinated
the most concerning aspect to the issue is that this is a LAW SCHOOL mandating this nonsense
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