A Precedent-Setting Case for College Mandates

the rutgers mandate lawsuit has its day in court tomorrow in philadelphia

On Tuesday, June 27, Julio Gomez, lead attorney in the case CHD against Rutgers University, plans to give his oral argument before a panel of 3 judges at the Third Circuit, US Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. “Our complaint alleges that these students were coerced to take these vaccines. You can’t tell a student that if they don’t take the vaccine they can just go to another college,” says Gomez.

“That’s not a choice. That’s extortion.”

https://nj.childrenshealthdefense.org/litigation/join-us-in-philadelphia-for-the-rutgers-mandate-lawsuit-rally/

Rutgers University was one of the first universities in the country to mandate the COVID vaccine in 2021, leading the way for mandates in educational institutions throughout the country. Lucrative public-private partnerships and multiple conflicts of interest may have muddied the waters as Rutger’s COVID policy was created prompting serious questions as to whether the institution is more invested in following science or leading it in a pre-ordained direction.

You can read more about CHD vs. Rutgers lawsuit and the upcoming appeal here.

Here are MY arguments…

I don’t know what Julio Gomez will say, but here’s why I think Rutgers should bow out and end this nonsense.

Since it’s $1 billion deal with RWJ Barnabus in 2018, Rutgers has become something of a clinical trial factory.

Rutgers now boasts a new state-of-the-art facility, which has hosted COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials by Johnson & Johnson, Moderna and Pfizer, including pediatric vaccine clinical trials for children 6 months to 4 years.

Rutgers was the first university in the nation to require the COVID-19 vaccination for students. They did this in April of 2021, roughly 4 months after these experimental vaccines hit the market…. roughly 3 months after Rutgers assured students and the public that it wasn’t going to mandate these vaccines.

Rutger’s COVID-19 Task Force was led by Rutgers COO and Executive VP, Antonio Calcado, NOT a medical or public health expert.  Calcado has zero public health or science background, yet, according to his Linked-In profile, he was “instrumental in implementing the first university COVID vaccine mandate in the country.” He was also on the steering team that spearheaded the $1B partnership with RWJ.

Rutgers received nearly $2 million in fellowship grants from Pfizer in the same year the university became the first in the country to implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

According to a recent report from investigative journalist Lee Fang, Pfizer provided  grants to various medical associations, consumer groups and civil rights organizations for the purpose of creating the appearance of widespread support for COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Rutgers is among the beneficiaries listed in Pfizer’s 2021 US Medical, Scientific, Patient and Civic Organization Funding Report.  Rutgers’ Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy received $1,934,101 in grants

Rutgers is home to a Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness (CCRP2), an institutional research hub created to “provide quick response and transformative solutions at the local, national and international levels.”  CCRP2 is led by David Alland, who is the Principal Investigator or Project Leader of 10 active NIH grants and has been continuously supported by various NIH, DOD and Gates Foundation grants for the past two decades.

Rutgers University is the only COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) site in New Jersey. CoVPN was formed and funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under Anthony Fauci, as part of NIH’s Operation Warp Speed and is involved in vaccine, therapeutics, and diagnostic trials.

Rutgers University is a member of The Mercury Project, a consortium of researchers working to build vaccine demand and support “science-based health decision making.” Specifically, behavioral science-based. Among Mercury Project sponsors are the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation. Thanks to funding from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Mercury Project, Rutgers is participating in research to apply social and behavioral science “to combat the growing global threat posed by low Covid-19 vaccination rates and public health mis- and disinformation.”

Also, the shots don’t stop infection or transmission.

Also, an an unprecedented number of student athletes have collapsed on playing fields and experienced cardiac events since the rollout of these shots. Young people continue to “die suddenly” at rates never seen before

Also, just plain informed consent and bodily autonomy.

I have more to say, but I have to get up early to drive to Philly, so for now, I rest my case.