Employer-Mandated Vaccination for COVID-19

Mark A Rothstein1, Wendy E Parmet1, Dorit Rubinstein Reiss1

  • 1Mark A. Rothstein is with Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. Wendy E. Parmet is with School of Law, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Dorit Rubinstein Reiss is with University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco. Wendy E. Parmet is also an AJPH associate editor.

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