By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, Aug 18, 2020
Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.
As predicted, pressure is mounting in the United States for government policies which require universal vaccination against COVID-19. Bob Marshall predicted this when he thoroughly covered the vaccination issue for CatholicCulture.org, both in summary and in great depth. (Note that if you prefer to listen to Marshall’s vaccine analysis, you will now find audio links at the top of those articles.)
Bob recently alerted me to two specific examples. On May 28th, the Health Section of the New York Bar Association called for mandatory vaccination. On August 6th, USA Today published an op-ed advocating this. Such proposals have generally called for exemptions only for those certified as having a condition which makes vaccination a serious risk, while insisting that appropriate certificates of vaccination be issued to everyone, for inspection on demand. (Halt, citizen! Present your papers.) …
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