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marmar

(77,080 posts)
Tue Aug 17, 2021, 10:11 PM Aug 2021

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Anti-Vax Group Is Behind Lawsuit Targeting University Mandate


A nonprofit group founded by prominent anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing Rutgers University over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Children’s Health Defense filed the lawsuit Monday on behalf of 18 Rutgers students. The plaintiffs argue that the university’s policy, which requires all students to be fully vaccinated for the fall semester, is illegal and “​​an affront to human dignity and personal freedom because it violates our basic right to control our bodies.“

It appears unlikely that the legal challenge will prove successful. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a similar challenge that eight students brought against Indiana University’s vaccine mandate.

There is arguably no one who has done more to spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and hesitancy than Kennedy Jr., the son of former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and an environmental lawyer. He has peddled a number of debunked conspiracies about all sorts of vaccines, including that they cause autism. .........(more)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr-anti-vaccine-lawsuit-rutgers-university_n_611c0eaee4b0c69681024654?




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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Anti-Vax Group Is Behind Lawsuit Targeting University Mandate (Original Post) marmar Aug 2021 OP
RFK Jr is trying to kill people. He ought to be treated as such by the rest of society. RockRaven Aug 2021 #1
What the fuck is wrong with him? OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2021 #2

OAITW r.2.0

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2. What the fuck is wrong with him?
Tue Aug 17, 2021, 10:15 PM
Aug 2021

His Mom and Dad would be ashamed. I think his father's assassination destroyed his mental health.

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