INDIANAPOLIS â Rep. Denny Zent of Angola was one of 19 who signed a letter penned by Seymour Rep. Jim Lucas, demanding Gov. Eric Holcomb intervene in Indiana Universityâs decision to require COVID-19 vaccinations this fall.
A letter dated Tuesday to Holcomb calls on him to prohibit any state university from mandating vaccines that donât have full U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.
The letter follows IUâs announcement on Friday that COVID-19 vaccinations will be required for the fall semester on all of its campuses, the Associated Press reported
âEnforcing a mandate that students and faculty accept a vaccine that does not have full FDA approval is unconscionable,â said the letter written by Rep. Jim Lucas of Seymour and signed by 18 fellow Republican House members. No high-ranking Republican leaders, however, signed the letter, though some were committee chairs.