George Mason University president Gregory Washington recently declared that everyone in the GMU community must receive a Covid booster shot or leave. Some people in the GMU community are protesting his high-handed and needless diktat.
As we read here, law student Robert Fellner has started a petition seeking a rescission of Washington’s mandate.
Fellner makes a strong case against it.
What I would really hope for is that the GMU leadership would have to come out and defend this decision. Washington should debate the merits and demerits of his order with any of the knowledgeable people at GMU who oppose it. I mean a real debate, not a circus like our presidential “debates” — he should have to present evidence that a booster shot will actually have a net positive impact and respond to contrary evidence.
Remember when people on the left were so upset over President Bush for plunging into war, saying “I’m the decider”? Remember the “Dissent is Patriotic” bumper stickers? This is no different.