NIH director pleads with evangelicals to 'look at the evidence' on vaccines

The Hill via MSN ^ | 10/10/21 | Caroline Vakil

[Libloather]

The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) made a plea on Saturday to unvaccinated evangelical Christians to "look at the evidence" on COVID-19 vaccines and get the jab.

CNN anchor Jim Acosta asked NIH Director Francis Collins during an on-air interview about his message to evangelicals and other religious communities who have cited their faith as the reason not to get the vaccine.

Collins has previously stated that he is an evangelical Christian. Acosta noted that the NIH director received pushback over his faith and "how it might factor into your role as a man of science" when he first started his position.

"If you are a Christian, or if you're anybody who has not yet gotten vaccinated, hit the reset button on whatever information you have that's causing you to be doubtful or hesitant or fearful and look at the evidence," Collins replied. "The evidence is overwhelming, the vaccines are safe, they're effective, they can save your life."

The comments from the NIH director come after he announced earlier this week that he would be stepping down from his post after decades of service.

He told Acosta that it was "truly heartbreaking" people were losing their lives to COVID-19 unnecessarily with vaccines at Americans' disposal.

Some Christian communities have objected to the COVID-19 vaccine because fetal cell lines have been involved in some vaccines' testing or development. According to The Associated Press, those cells used today are clones and not the original ones taken from fetal tissue.

Fetal cell lines are also not present in the vaccines.

[Libloather]

I've seen the 'science'. Pretty shaky at best. Maybe Acosta should concentrate on vaccine deaths. That might help.

[Da Coyote]

Sorry, NIH. You and your brother gubmit agencies pissed and shat on the truth, flushed it down the toilet, and tried to tell us we smelled roses. Eff you and the horse you probably had sex with. Had you not changed your story every month week day, minute, we must might buy your stories.

[eyeamok]

Evidence? A flu type virus with a survival rate of 99.97% doesn’t require a vaccine, ROUNDED the Recovery Rate is 100%

[HypatiaTaught]

So now they are back to “pleading” with us to get the jab.

Asking
Pleading
Demanding
Ridiculing
Forcing

Rinse and repeat

[jacknhoo]

“The evidence is overwhelming, the vaccines are safe, they’re effective, they can save your life.”

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Every thought in this statement is a lie.

[bray]

Maybe he should look at the mounting evidence Ivermectin cures the China flu.

[Boomer]

You mean the tens of thousands of deaths from the vaxx and the 2 million adverse effects?

Sounds like everyone who thinks the vaxx is a good thing should look at the evidence more closely and remember; the reports of bad adverse effects is only being reported at 1% of actual cases so the who knows what the real numbers are. We can guess at 200 million adverse effects and 1.5M deaths worldwide being closer to reality.

https://thenewamerican.com/who-over-2-million-potential-adverse-reactions-to-covid-jabs-in-2021-almost-70-percent-in-women/

[Samurai_Jack]

Right...
What i see is evidence of government overreach, institutional bullying, top down pressure on individual citizens, the FBI and the Justice Department unleashed on dissent, full blown speech censorship, illegals streaming across the border unchecked and unvaccinated being shipped into red state neighborhoods, politicians and celebrities posing for cameras with masks in hygiene theater.

I see evidence that they’re LYING. I see evidence of gaslighting on a global scale. It’s disgusting, this needs to stop.

[Ezekiel]

"If you are a Christian, or if you're anybody who has not yet gotten vaccinated, hit the reset button on whatever information you have that's causing you to be doubtful or hesitant or fearful and look at the evidence," Collins replied.

"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help. " ~ President Ronald Reagan

[Alberta's Child]

Tainted, manipulated evidence is not evidence.

[rightwingcrazy]

“look at the evidence”

A significant part of scientific investigation involves people critically examining the same evidence and coming to different conclusions.

[Openurmind]

They are... And the evidence bolsters their religious stance even more to not get them.

[Sequoyah101]

Everyone should look at the evidence on C-19 vaccines. Most sound minds will conclude that they are:

Not preventing infection
Not preventing spread
Have serious short and long term side effects
Have uncertain negative side effects

There are safe alternatives that work and at much less cost with much greater certainty and they are not horse medicine. What an absurd claim in the first place.

If anyone pays attention to the science and observations and common sense they will find that they have been lied to again.

[BlackAdderess]

I’m an evangelical
I got my vaccination
Even Pat Robertson is saying to get the vaccination

So is it evangelicals, or is it the same tribe of libertarians that also object to motorcycle helmets and seatbelts?

[antidemoncrat]

“NIH director pleads with evangelicals to ‘look at the evidence’ on vaccines”

And isn’t it true that for people under 50 the survival rate without the vaccine is over 99%? Isn’t the fatality rate for children due to Covid-19 without being vaccinated is much better than their survival rate from the flu?

Is that “the science”?

[dforest]

I have an idea, leave people alone who do not want the fake vax.

See how simple that is? Not too many Evangelicals listen to Acosta and CNN.

[Texas Fossil]

Director of NIH: "The evidence is overwhelming, the vaccines are safe, they're effective, they can save your life."

H-NO! that's a Bald Faced Lie!

[Texas Fossil]

Totally agree.

[EEGator]

If you’re going to lie, go big.

[Noumenon]

Too many lies from too many people for far too long. The Clownworld asshats have zero credibility.