Editorial: UChicago Must End Its Booster Mandate—We Are Not Lab Rats

The Chicago Thinker UChicago continues to defy scientific and moral standards, dehumanizing us in the process. Per the University of Chicago’s newly announced booster mandate, all students and employees must obtain a booster shot by January 24. Those who do not comply will be barred from campus and restricted from attending in-person classes, among other activities. This booster mandate is demonstrably unsafe, ineffective, unnecessary, inconsistent, and unethical. We’ve struggled beneath UChicago’s draconian COVID decrees for years, but the university’s booster mandate reaches a new height of absurdity. UChicago Demands We Submit to Experimental Shots…