proposed weakening the wording of federal vaccine recommendations "in favor of individual autonomy and religious freedom." Yet, no major religion in the world forbids vaccinations, and most encourage and embrace them as a common good, like the Catholic bishops. Catholic schools oppose being forced to grant religious exemptions for their vaccination requirements.
Catholic schools oppose being forced to grant religious exemptions for their vaccination requirements.
The bishops' letter highlights a fallacy often used by anti-vaccine advocates: that undermining vaccines and dismantling vaccination requirements upholds religious freedom, when in fact it can be an attack...
[bold added] This is true, but it the religious focus is dangerous because religious freedom is a subset of intellectual freedom, and is limited in the same way:
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Catholic schools oppose being forced to grant religious exemptions for their vaccination requirements. The bishops' letter highlights a fallacy often used by anti-vaccine advocates: that undermining vaccines and dismantling vaccination requirements upholds religious freedom, when in fact it can be an attack on that freedom. [bold added] This is true, but it the religious focus is dangerous because religious freedom is a subset of intellectual freedom, and is limited in the same way:
proposed weakening the wording of federal vaccine recommendations "in favor of individual autonomy and religious freedom." Yet, no major religion in the world forbids vaccinations, and most encourage and embrace them as a common good, like the Catholic bishops.
Just on Monday, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F.
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