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Law’s Katharine Van Tassel weighs in on employers requiring vaccines

Fact check: Federal law does not prevent states, businesses, employers from requiring COVID-19 vaccines

USA TodayKatharine Van Tassel, visiting professor of law, noted that while there is a legal gray area for mandating vaccines authorized for emergency use, businesses, employers and state governments generally have the power to require vaccination.