George Mason University has granted a medical exemption from its COVID-19 vaccination mandate to Todd Zywicki, a professor at the university’s Antonin Scalia Law School who filed a lawsuit against the mandate two weeks ago. In a news release, the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), legal counsel for Zywicki in the lawsuit, announced the update on Tuesday. Zywicki sued George Mason over the COVID vaccine mandate early this month, claiming he has fully recovered from the disease, and vaccination is unnecessary and potentially risky for him. Zywicki gained national attention because he wrote an op-ed about this case published in the Wall Street Journal. In his article, he cited a March 2021 study that suggests that COVID-19 survivors are more likely to experience severe side effects from vaccination than those who have never been infected. “I am gratified that George Mason has given me a medical exemption to allow me …