A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit from a group of health care workers against Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Jon Levy, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, said that the Pine Tree State’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is “rationally based.”
“Reducing the number of unvaccinated health care workers at designated health care facilities in Maine is rationally related to the Government’s interests in limiting the spread of COVID-19, safeguarding Maine’s health care capacity, and protecting the lives and health of Maine people. Thus, the COVID-19 vaccine mandate is rationally related to the asserted legitimate governmental interests,” he elaborated in his ruling (pdf)….