Resistance to vaccine mandates is building. A powerful network is helping.

May 26, 2021

They’ve sent warning letters to officials in Rock County, Wis., as well as to the president of Rutgers University and other schools. There is little case law on the matter, with only one vaccine, for anthrax exposure, previously cleared in a similar way. “Employers and schools that previously required the covid-19 vaccine have dropped those requirements,” the group declares in its ad on the Children’s Health Defense blog. Unsettled lawNo reference to these communications with Rock County appears in a Feb. 23 opinion column written by Siri for Stat, the health-focused news website. The 128-bed Rock Haven nursing home had 15 cases of the coronavirus and two deaths, said Rock County Administrator Josh Smith, prompting leaders to require staff vaccinations.