Calif. church offers religious exemption letters for people opposed to COVID vaccine
“America is a free country. We have freedom of religion, and if a person has a moral objection to taking the vaccine, we want to come alongside of them,” he said in a video interview. - C.Post
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As far as I know everyone is vaccinated. I know of no PhD who is unvaccinated. Anecdotal? Yes. But I wanted to say it.
The most recent column excoriating Trump supporters for being the bulk of Covid vaccine hesitants was two or three days ago in the Burlington, NC, “Times News”, our local daily newspaper. It is owned by USA Today, and runs a lot of columns by liberal columnists. After reading it, I commented about it to my wife, but I do not recall the author’s name. It was not the first similar column I have read recently. This seems to be a fairly common assumption by those on the Left.
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Most Trump supporters are anti-vaxxers
That was sloppy. What I meant was “most Trump supporters are against COVID-vaccination.” But on further reflection, I can’t even call that established fact. What I think is factual is that most Trump supporters are not COVID-vaccine supporters. So, under that heading, I’m including…
- Traditional anti-vaxxers
- Anti-COVID-vaxxers
- COVID-vaccine suspicious/hostile/otherwise hesitant (for reasons other than a medical condition)
- COVID-vaccine isn’t evil but it’s wrong for anybody anywhere to require it
- COVID-vaccine “might not be evil but I’m too busy yelling about the evil of mandates to think about that”
To me, this is all anti-vaxx, but I realize these views are not identical… and not equally fringe.
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.
What I think is factual is that most Trump supporters are not COVID-vaccine supporters.
What is the evidence for this?
I would think the most you could possibly say is that most Trump supporters are likely opposed to a vaccine mandate.
But to the bigger point, why the need to categorize this way? Does it really matter?
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