TUCSON, Ariz., April 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Colleges and universities should allow students back to campus without requiring a COVID-19 vaccination, urges the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) in letters being sent to institutions of higher learning across the United States that are planning to impose such mandates.

“Although, at first glance, the policy may seem prudent, it coerces students into bearing unneeded and unknown risk and is at heart contrary to the bedrock medical principle of informed consent,” warns AAPS.

The letter presents referenced facts including the following points:

AAPS calls university presidents to action: “Please reverse your decision to mandate experimental COVID-19 vaccines before more students are harmed, and make the vaccines rightfully optional. Both unvaccinated and vaccinated students should be permitted on campus.”

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons has represented physicians in all specialties since 1943. Its motto is omnia pro aegroto, everything for the patient.