Eugene Volokh is the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA School of Law. Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any institution.
Judges "Need Not Accept a Prisoner's Self-Diagnosed Skepticism About the COVID-19 Vaccines"
“as an adequate explanation for remaining unvaccinated.... A prisoner who can show that he is unable to receive or benefit from a vaccine still may [seek compassionate release for health risk reasons], but, for the vast majority of prisoners, the availability of a vaccine makes it impossible to conclude that the risk of COVID-19 is an ‘extraordinary and compelling’ reason for immediate release."
