Hospital’s Vaccine Exemption Denial Survives Appellate Test (1)

A federal appeals court in Chicago rejected an Indiana doctor’s bid for an immediate court order to block a health-care system from requiring that workers get vaccinated against Covid-19 despite religious objections.

Paul Halczenko’s claim that not practicing medicine would lead to a deterioration of skills and the loss of his career were too speculative to qualify as an irreparable harm, which is necessary to win a preliminary injunction against Ascension Health Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Thursday.

“Speculation about how his skills may deteriorate during the pendency of the litigation is insufficient, especially ...