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How Judges Are Talking About Vaccines

Judge R. Stan Baker, of the Southern District of Georgia, left, and Judge Matthew Schelp, of the Eastern District of Missouri, right. Photos: Courtesy/Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

At least four district judges have issued rulings against the Biden administration’s mandates for health care workers or federal contractors to get vaccinated against Covid-19, and some are weighing in about the vaccines themselves.