Court Sides with WMU Athletes, Allows Plaintiffs to Compete for Now Without COVID-19 Vaccine

A federal judge from the Western District of Michigan has granted a motion for a temporary restraining order, which will allow more than a dozen student athletes at Western Michigan University, who have not been vaccinated against COVID 19, to continue to participate in athletics. The decision gives the court time to consider the merits of their request for an injunction blocking the school’s policy of requiring a vaccination to participate in athletics. The plaintiffs are seeking a religio