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Most Americans Who Go to Religious Services Say They Would Trust Their Clergy’s Advice on COVID-19 Vaccines
Pew Forum ^ | 10/15/21 | Justin Nortey and Mike Lipka

Posted on 10/15/2021 6:56:10 PM PDT by marshmallow

But a slim majority have not heard their congregation’s leaders say much about them

As houses of worship continue to reopen, most U.S. adults who regularly attend religious services voice confidence in their clergy to provide guidance on the coronavirus vaccines – and far more say they have heard their pastor, priest, rabbi or imam encourage people to get vaccinated than have heard their clergy raise doubts about COVID-19 vaccines. But a slim majority of regular worshippers say they have not heard their religious leaders say much about vaccinations either way, according to a new Pew Research Center survey conducted Sept. 20-26, 2021.

Also, among U.S. adults overall, there is no clear consensus about whether houses of worship have had a positive or negative impact on the American response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The survey finds that a growing share of Americans are now attending religious services in person. Among those who say they typically attend services at least once or twice a month, a clear majority (64%) report that they actually have gone in person in the past month, the first time that has been the case in three surveys conducted since the pandemic began.

The resumption of in-person attendance has been accompanied by a decline in the share of both U.S. adults overall and regular worshippers who say they have watched religious services online or on TV in the past month.

Many U.S. congregants – i.e., people who say either that they typically attend religious services at least monthly or that they have attended in person in the past month, who together comprise a little more than a third of all U.S. adults – say they have heard the clergy or religious leaders at their house of worship weigh in on coronavirus vaccines. And among those who have heard.......

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TOPICS: Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: covid1984; fakenews
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1 posted on 10/15/2021 6:56:10 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Most people are stupid


2 posted on 10/15/2021 6:57:18 PM PDT by algore ( )
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To: marshmallow

I do not consult my pastor about medical decisions.
It’s not their job to coerce me into injecting experimental substances and would find a new one if mine did.


3 posted on 10/15/2021 7:02:17 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: marshmallow

Not me.


4 posted on 10/15/2021 7:02:33 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: marshmallow

Not me.


5 posted on 10/15/2021 7:03:31 PM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: marshmallow

My pastor gave a sermon about why he ain’t taking no Covid vaccine.


6 posted on 10/15/2021 7:03:56 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: algore

yup. Clergy and journalists have a role but it’s not virology.


7 posted on 10/15/2021 7:05:45 PM PDT by Pelham ('Viruses don't exist' is the latest variant of Flat Earth theory)
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To: marshmallow

It should be a personal choice....


8 posted on 10/15/2021 7:07:02 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: marshmallow

I enjoy liturgical learning - my priest has far greater knowledge on that subject than I do.

As for the rest? Hard no.


9 posted on 10/15/2021 7:07:04 PM PDT by datura (The voice that brought you peace has nothing left to say.)
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To: marshmallow

I went to the Pfizer and Moderna websites to find out about the level of fetal cell use in relationship to their Covid vaccines and did not find the information I sought.


10 posted on 10/15/2021 7:07:21 PM PDT by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: marshmallow

From the linked sources:

Covaxin (codenamed as BBV152) is an inactivated virus-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research.

A sample of SARS-CoV-2 was isolated by India’s National Institute of Virology and used to grow large quantities of the virus using vero cells. From then on, the viruses are soaked in beta-propiolactone, which deactivates them by binding to their genes, while leaving other viral particles intact. The resulting inactivated viruses are then mixed with the aluminium-based adjuvant Alhydroxiquim-II.

On 7 April [2021], Mexico gave emergency authorization for Covaxin.

On 31 March, the Brazilian health regulator Anvisa rejected Bharat Biotech’s application for supplying Covaxin in the country due to non-compliance with manufacturing norms. Bharat Biotech stated that they would re-apply after meeting the requirements. On June 4, Anvisa approved exceptional imports of Covaxin, imposing conditions that restrict it mainly to healthy adults and limiting it to just 1% of the country’s population to manage the risks through control and supervision of side effects. Anvisa cited as main concerns the incomplete phase III study, a short 45-day follow-up, which should be 60 days to meet the international consensus, and a novel imidazoquinoline adjuvant that may increase the chance of developing an autoimmune disease. On 30 June, Brazilian regulators suspended the deal and an investigation was opened into it by federal prosecutors to probe accusations of irregularity.

In July 2021, Bharat Biotech reported the vaccine to be 64% (95% CI, 29–82%) effective against asymptomatic cases, 78% (65–86%) effective against symptomatic cases, 93% (57–100%) effective against severe COVID-19 infection, and 65% (33–83%) effective against the Delta variant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covaxin

“Vero cells are a lineage of cells used in cell cultures. The ‘Vero’ lineage was isolated from kidney epithelial cells extracted from an African green monkey...The lineage was developed on 27 March 1962, by Yasumura and Kawakita at the Chiba University in Chiba, Japan.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vero_cell

https://www.businesstoday.in/coronavirus/story/bharat-biotech-newborn-calf-serum-making-covaxin-what-experts-298775-2021-06-15


11 posted on 10/15/2021 7:10:21 PM PDT by Brian Griffin ( )
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Bingo. I don’t consult my doctor on spiritual matters. I don’t consult my pastor on medical matters. And my car mechanic doesn’t chime in on either.

Who would? This is weird.


12 posted on 10/15/2021 7:18:39 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Everything Woke turns to shit.” ~ President Donald Trump)
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To: marshmallow

Sure they would......... NOT.

The best example of why people are skeptical of all leaders in high is the Antipope Bergolio (Francis) squatting in the papal throne who is not Catholic.


13 posted on 10/15/2021 7:23:50 PM PDT by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Bizarre article—the mass media is trying every trick in the book to con people into taking a potentially dangerous vaxx.

Next up—Santa Claus recommends the vaxx for kids!


14 posted on 10/15/2021 7:29:37 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: gitmo

My former pastor, who, by God’s Grace, had recovered from Covid, went and got vaccinated.

Former pastor.


15 posted on 10/15/2021 7:33:11 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (I got the <ΙΧΘΥΣ>< variant. Catch it. John 3:16)
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To: marshmallow

The second your “clergy” tells you to mask up, is the time for you to walk out and never return.

“Clergy” that push this are part of the Great Reset.


16 posted on 10/15/2021 7:34:38 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Brian Griffin

As if they’ll admit what they put in the suicide shots?

You ready for your boosters yet?


17 posted on 10/15/2021 7:36:17 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Agree.

If the clergy member is not a part of the Great Reset knowingly, he is unknowingly in that he does not have the gift of discernment.


18 posted on 10/15/2021 7:38:02 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: marshmallow
My Pastor preaches against the scamdemic in passing nearly every Sunday and brought in a speaker last week that preached on civil disobedience.
19 posted on 10/15/2021 7:42:27 PM PDT by Manic_Episode ( “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”)
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To: marshmallow

Do your own research. Don’t trust anyone else.


20 posted on 10/15/2021 8:05:51 PM PDT by Clarancebeaks
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