A wildly popular app for churches is now an anti-vax hotbed.
""Now, with cases from the Delta variant surging and the proliferation of federal and local COVID vaccine mandates, some public health experts are concerned that exemptions for “religious beliefs” could be exploited. Some workers who don’t want the shots “are submitting letters from far-flung religious authorities who have advertised their willingness to help,” the New York Times reported. Indeed, a recent episode of the American Pastors Network’s Subsplash-hosted podcast “Stand in the Gap” contained instructions for how to “prepare your religious exemption letter” for vaccine requirements.""
Why does it seem the most resistant to getting vaccinated are Evangelicals? Wouldn't getting vaccinated adhere to the Golden rule, thanks to protecting themselves in order to best protect others? Wouldn't they want others to keep their best interests at heart?
""Now, with cases from the Delta variant surging and the proliferation of federal and local COVID vaccine mandates, some public health experts are concerned that exemptions for “religious beliefs” could be exploited. Some workers who don’t want the shots “are submitting letters from far-flung religious authorities who have advertised their willingness to help,” the New York Times reported. Indeed, a recent episode of the American Pastors Network’s Subsplash-hosted podcast “Stand in the Gap” contained instructions for how to “prepare your religious exemption letter” for vaccine requirements.""
Why does it seem the most resistant to getting vaccinated are Evangelicals? Wouldn't getting vaccinated adhere to the Golden rule, thanks to protecting themselves in order to best protect others? Wouldn't they want others to keep their best interests at heart?
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