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COVID Vaccine (MN): Can Institutions Or Places Require Immunization?

Health leaders are encouraging Minnesotans to get the COVID-19 vaccine when becomes available.

(CBS News)

By Heather Brown, CBS Minnesota

December 15, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Health leaders are encouraging Minnesotans to get the COVID-19 vaccine when becomes available.

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It won’t be mandatory, but can institutions or places require people to get it?

According to employment law attorney Zaylore Stout, there are no employment laws on the books that specifically address this issue, but employment attorneys can point to analogous situations, like flu shots.

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