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Could employers and states mandate COVID-19 vaccinations? Here's what the courts have ruled

  • Written by Debbie Kaminer, Law Professor, Baruch College, CUNY
imageThe federal government is fast-tracking some potential coronavirus vaccines currently in clinical trials.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

A safe and effective vaccine could end the coronavirus pandemic, but for it to succeed, enough people will have to get inoculated.

Recent polls suggest that the U.S. is far from ready. Most surveys have found that onlyabout...

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