AG Landry Says LSU Mandating COVID Vaccinations Is Illegal
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced yesterday that he believes requiring students and staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to LSU campuses is illegal.
Landry sent a letter to Interim LSU President Thomas Galligan saying the university should require neither students nor teachers to be vaccinated before returning to campus. Read the full letter here.
He argued that many people are concerned about the long-term effects of the vaccines. Landry went on to say many people also hold religious views that prevent them from getting vaccines in general or taking those made by aborted fetal cell lines.
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced yesterday that requiring students and staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to LSU is illegal.
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Jun 1, 2021 | 6:03 PM
Attorney General Jeff Landry blasted the LSU Faculty Senate’s request that students be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine to attend classes in the fall. LSU Interim President Thomas Galligan said he will once again “review” the request, and but Landry said there’s nothing to review and the mandate would be illegal.
“Galligan knows, that I mean he’s a lawyer if I’m not mistaken. It’s absolutely ridiculous that we are even having this conversation right now,” said Landry. “This is a bunch of rubbish, it is time for these LSU professors to go to work and start teaching these kids and if they don’t like it they can go find a job somewhere else.”