Businesses can require employees to get vaccinated against coronavirus
Story Date: 12/4/2020

 

Source: Keely Arthur, WRAL, 12/2/20

 
Even with widespread hesitancy over a pending coronavirus vaccine because of the speed at which it's been developed and tested, many Americans might wind up being forced to get vaccinated by their employers. "It’s legal for the government, under certain circumstances, to require vaccines," said Scott Holmes, associate clinical professor of law at North Carolina Central University. “Concerns around a person’s liberty interest in being protected from being forced to do medical procedures, sometimes that can bend to a general need for public safety."

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