Rutgers became the first school in the country to mandate the vaccines for students in late March 2021 and has maintained it despite the federal government ending the pandemic emergency declaration in May and most Americans considering the pandemic over.“It’s baffling to see that from what should be a leading voice of science-based rationality, comes arbitrary garbage,” Republican New Jersey state Sen. Declan O'Scanlon said in a statement slamming the university.
Sen. Rand Paul has been vocal on the issue of vaccine mandates and safety and called out Rutgers for its maintenance of the policy.
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