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White Evangelicals are the Most Reluctant to get Vaccinated for COVID-19
Believe it or not, there is hope for this demographic.
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, nurse, or another medical professional. Please talk to a board-certified physician or two if you have any concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Unfortunately, evangelical vaccine skepticism isn’t just a matter of a few people with extreme vaccine views. It’s a definite pattern. According to a March poll by the NORC Centers for Public Affairs Research poll, White evangelicals are significantly more likely to be vaccine-skeptical (40%) than White mainline protestants (28%) or protestants of color (27%). Some evangelical leaders such as Dallas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress have expressed concerns that COVID-19 vaccines contain ingredients derived from aborted fetuses while others had concerns about “vaccine passports” and how requiring one might infringe on civil liberties.
Vaccines have been needed to attend public schools or travel to certain places for a while and the issue of compulsory vaccination has been handled in the court case Jacobson v. Massachusetts. This court case established a state’s right to enforce certain restrictions on the rights of individuals for the common good. Discussing the role of the government in regulations and public…
