Russell Moore: Sickness, death from COVID-19 likely reducing some vaccine hesitancy
RNS Russell Moore, Southern Baptist ethicist-turned-public theologian, said that knowing people who became seriously ill or died from COVID-19 may be causing some vaccine-hesitant individuals to change their minds. “One of the things, I think, that is moving the needle a little bit, more than anything else, is the experience of seeing great suffering,” he […]
Anti-vax at the Vatican? You might lose your job
Rome, ItalyAP The Vatican is taking Pope Francis’ pro-vaccine stance very seriously: Any Vatican employee who refuses to get a coronavirus shot without a valid medical reason risks being fired. An 8th February decree signed by the governor of the Vatican city-state says that employees who opt out of vaccination without a proven medical reason […]
Religious vaccine exemption bill stokes controversy in US state of Connecticut
RNS A proposed bill that would prohibit parents from citing religious or philosophical beliefs when refusing to vaccinate their school-age children stoked uproar in the US state of Connecticut last week, with some protesting the legislation and others voicing support for immunisations. According to the Hartford Courant, hundreds of demonstrators descended on the Connecticut capitol […]
Samoa fights measles door-to-door in battle on anti-vaccination messages
Sydney, Australia Reuters Samoa on Thursday closed all non-essential public and private services for two days to combat a measles epidemic that has killed more than 60 people, mostly babies and children, in a battle complicated by a vocal anti-vaccination movement. The measles virus has infected more than 4,200 in the South Pacific nation of […]