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There is no such thing as religious grounds to refuse COVID shots. Religions are traditions and practices built up over a period of time, and COVID shots were b
by hyperhello 2y ago
There is no such thing as religious grounds to refuse COVID shots. Religions are traditions and practices built up over a period of time, and COVID shots were brand new. They were within their rights to refuse to take those shots, but this could not possibly be a religious objection.
- FireBeyond 2y agoThe claim was around stem cell usage. I work (in one of my personas) in healthcare. The hospital group I take most of my patients to addressed this by requiring people who wanted to claim a religious exemption also had to attest that they would and do not take [list of about 20 other fairly well known, fairly common medications] that also utilized stem cells in development.
- AStonesThrow 2y ago> The claim was around stem cell usage. It was not about "stem cells". Who told you that? Several of the vaccines were manufactured using aborted fetal cell lines, such as HEK 293. Other Coronavirus vaccines were tested using these cell lines. Some were morally unobjectionable, and our bishops assured pro-life people like myself that vaccination is "an act of mercy" towards our neighbors. https://www.heritage.org/public-health/commentary/the-covid-vaccine-and-the-pro-life-movement https://www.heritage.org/public-health/commentary/the-covid-... Pro-life Christians have no objections to adult stem cells, but the cell lines in question here are not "stem cells" but directly cultures from murdered children... without knowledge or consent (see also: Henrietta Lacks.)
- cempaka 2y agoSounds like a very vindictive policy in service of a mandate that ultimately turned out to be essentially useless at reducing the incidence of first-time COVID infections.