Judge upholds COVID-19 vaccine mandate in victory for Indiana University - New York Post

Indiana University students must comply with the school’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the fall semester after a federal judge refused on Monday to block the school’s inoculation requirement, one of the first rulings of its kind during the pandemic.

“The students have options — taking the vaccine, applying for a religious exemption, applying for a medical exemption, applying for a medical deferral, taking a semester off, or attending another university.”.

The students sued last month and asked Leichty to block the school’s requirement that students, faculty and staff be vaccinated or receive an exemption.

Leichty, appointed by former President Donald Trump, said had the students shown a likelihood that the university was infringing unreasonably on constitutional rights, blocking the policy would have been in the public interest

But he said the students “have a low likelihood of success” of proving that