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In reply to the discussion: There's a teacher on CNN who says her belief in Judaism prevents her from being vaccinated [View all]frazzled
(18,402 posts)13. Try again
Jews have the highest vaccination rates and lowest hesitancy of any religious faction:
As public health experts fret over a stalling COVID-19 vaccine campaign in the U.S., a new survey suggests they dont have to worry about American Jews.
Jews have the lowest levels of vaccine hesitancy of any religious group in the country, according to a report released Tuesday by the Public Religion Research Institute, with 85% vaccinated or planning to get the shot compared to 71% of all Americans.
https://forward.com/news/473643/jews-accept-covid-vaccine-religious-groups-survey/
Even the super Orthodox rabbis have urged their members to get vaccinated, so I don't think there's a religious objection:
As cases and deaths from the Delta variant continue to rise in parts of the country, rabbis in Baltimore, Maryland, and New Yorks Long Island released video messages calling on unvaccinated community members to take the shot.
You havent lived through enough? asked Rabbi Yaakov Bender, head of Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, before adding a sentence in Yiddish. Far Rockaway, which is home to a large Orthodox community, has one of the lowest rates of vaccination in New York City. We in the community have to realize that if 99% of doctors say to take the shot, you take the shot. What are we, playing games?
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/orthodox-rabbis-urge-jews-to-take-covid-vaccine-ahead-of-rosh-hashanah-678604
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There's a teacher on CNN who says her belief in Judaism prevents her from being vaccinated [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2021
OP
It's about doing the most to please God at the moment. Starving to death isn't pleasing God.
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2021
#32
After I saw an interview with a nurse on CNN earlier today, it became crystal clear their
Vinca
Oct 2021
#10
Thats not religion. If god is talking to you its mental illness and I believe the institutionalized
NightWatcher
Oct 2021
#12
I agree. That "teacher" needs mental health intervention, not TV time as if valid
traitorsgalore
Oct 2021
#17
You are allowed to violate the dietary laws if the choice is eating non-kosher food or dying.
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2021
#27
I know a Jewish diabetic who, as a child, refused insulin when she found out it was from pigs
unblock
Oct 2021
#20
How Israel Persuaded Reluctant Ultra-Orthodox Jews To Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19
Klaralven
Oct 2021
#24
GOD didn't tell her anything. She is manufacturing this so she doesn't get vaccinated.
Trueblue1968
Oct 2021
#26
Where in the Talmud or Torah does it say "thou shall not get vaccinated"?
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2021
#29
Me too. When fundies get hold of a religion, peace and love go out the window.
TreasonousBastard
Oct 2021
#36