COVID Vaccination

“In some ways, the fact that the polling industry has done a better job estimating vaccinations than voting is not surprising. Election polls face challenges that don’t exist for non-election polls” - Pew

“A federal judge temporarily blocked the state of New York on Tuesday from forcing medical workers to be vaccinated after a group of health care workers sued, saying their Constitutional rights were violated because the state’s mandate disallowed religious exemptions.” - C.Leaders/AP

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“Based on my religious convictions, and after much thought and prayer, I am unable to follow the requirements of the Naval Academy’s COVID-19 policy, as it has changed these last few months” - C.Post

“The ministry’s former spokesman had appeared in national media explaining why he as a Christian trusts the COVID-19 vaccine.” - C.Today

“If there are to be tradeoffs, isn’t it morally better, at least from Luther’s neighbor-centered ethic, for you to die than for you to cause someone else to die?

“An interesting explainer above on how Pfizer and Moderna are part of a new age of vaccine technology, in which we can send our own bodies the instructions on how to protect themselves” - Justin Taylor

“This Thursday (Aug. 12) will mark 39 days since Reeves’ [age 49] initial COVID diagnosis. A small victory was returning to his church office for a couple hours of work earlier this week.” - BPNews

“Pastors are advocating for vaccines but misinformation has driven some evangelical hesitancy about getting COVID-19 shots, Moore told Washington Post Live.” - RNS

“Despite the attention the church has received after six of its members died, Davis explained that the six recent deaths were not the only reasons the church held the second vaccination event.” - C.Post