Congressman Pushes for End to College COVID-19 Shot Mandates as Dozens Hold Out

Some health care students are being required to get booster shots.

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) speaks on the House floor in Washington on Oct. 3, 2023. House of Representatives/Screenshot via NTD

A congressman is calling for the immediate end of COVID-19 shot mandates at colleges nationwide, calling the policy unethical and anti-science.

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) called out each school that continued to mandate the COVID-19 shot during a congressional hearing on May 17, demanding that they “end their status as bastions of ignorance in American higher education,” while pointing out that it had been more than a year since the emergency was declared over.