riley o'neill, a student at loyola marymount university in los angeles is one of them. >> it goes backe idea that i should be able to choose whether i get the vaccine or not. if i'm going to be coerced into doing that it does not feel like a free choice. it very much feels like oppression. >> he has sued the university over its vaccine policy. if he refuses the shots, he could attend loyola marymount but undergo testing and observe social distancing. o'neill's lawyer was quick to frame the issue in political terms. >> there is going to be discontinued divisive effort by the left, the press of -- progressive side of this nation to try to create this division between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. >> so far, legal efforts to overturn college vaccine mandates have fallen flat. if federal imperials -- a federal appeals court ruled against -- in indiana. one of the judges wrote, people who do not wish to be vaccinated can go elsewhere. the supreme court has upheld that ruling. o'neill seems unconcerned that unvaccinated young people will get infected and spread the virus to more vulne

there are naturally those who refuse to comply riley o'neill, a student at loyola marymount university in los angeles, is one of them. it goes back to the idea that i should be able to choose whether i get the vaccine or not. and if i'm going to be coerced into doing that, i doesn't feel like a free choice to me. very much feels like oppression. he has sued the university over it's vaccine policy. if he refuses the shots, he could attend loyola marymount, but would have to undergo repeated testing and observed social distancing with other students. o'neil's lawyer was quick to frame the issue in political terms. there is going to be this continued divisive effort by the laughed by the progressive side of this nation to try to create this division between the vaccinated and the vaccinated. so far legal efforts to overturn college vaccine mandates have fallen flat. a federal appeals court recently ruled against students during the universe the of the indiana over its vaccine mandate. one of the judges wrote, people who do not wish to be vaccinated can go elsewhere. and the supreme court