Preventing Misuse of COVID-19 Vaccine Medical Exemptions
Entities imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandates can take simple but significant steps to counter misuse of medical exemptions.

Entities imposing COVID-19 vaccination mandates can take simple but significant steps to counter misuse of medical exemptions.
Granting exemptions on the basis of religion incentivizes people to lie, and exemptions are more likely to be given to people who have lied well.
Religious exceptionalism is emerging as a key trend in recent Supreme Court decisions, particularly those related to COVID-19 restrictions.
Under existing federal statutes and case law, colleges and universities have broad discretion to require vaccination as a condition of a return to campus.