The College Fix Goodrich expressed concern for the University of Tennessee’s mandate, stating that the flu vaccine is one of the most dangerous on the market with a 70 to 90 percent failure rate. She also said that there are “conflicts of interest at every level” with mandating the COVID-19 vaccine, such as its rush to the market and bypassing certain safety standards.
Many Americans are likely to resist vaccine mandates.
One petition has preemptively begun, garnering some 640,000 signatures, protesting a mandatory COVID vaccine. This is reflected in a recent poll conducted by the University of Chicago which found that if a vaccine against coronavirus becomes available, 49 percent would get vaccinated and 20 percent would not. Another 31 percent are unsure.
Other parents follow a general policy of refusing vaccines for themselves and their children.
Forbes reports however that a vaccine could become mandatory not only for colleges but for everyone in the U.S, and refusing it could become illegal.
“If you refuse to be vaccinated, the state has the power to literally take you to a doctor’s office and plunge a needle into your arm,” said Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, whose recent interview on the subject was quoted in the article.
Meanwhile, thousands of college professors are refusing to return to their campuses if the virus is not under control by the start of the academic year, The New York Times reports, calling it a faculty revolt.
