Should Healthcare Workers Receive Religious Exemptions For Vaccines?

Margaret Thompson, associate professor of history and political science in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the Rochester Times Union story “How does religious exemption to vaccine work?”

Professor Thompson discussed how religious exemptions to vaccinations like the one for COVID-19 work. She said, ‘Whether the religious belief is “sincerely held” is a primary metric used by employers when determining whether to grant the requests.’