Are religious exemptions a good thing? Or should the right to refuse vaccination be open to everyone, regardless of their religious belief?
The right to refuse vaccination on the basis of religious beliefs has been around for a very long time. The idea that everyone needs to be vaccinated, and if necessary forced to be vaccinated, has become more important since the Pharmaceutical Medical Establishment, supported by Government and Mainstream Media around the world, tried to mandate/force Covid-19 vaccines on entire populations.
I pose a simple question. If my religion was opposed to vaccination should this be sufficient reason for me to be excused from a mandated vaccine?
I would wholeheartedly agree with this proposal! Religious objections for vaccination should be more than sufficient. My problem, however, is that I am not religious. I hold no strong religious views on any topic, including vaccination.
So does this mean that my personal views about vaccines (that they are largely ineffective, unnecessary, and a risk to my personal health) can be discounted? Does the fact that my objections are medical rather than religious, mean that the Government, in support of a powerful pharmaceutical lobby, can forcibly vaccinate me - against my will?
The argument for religious exemptions is therefore a partial one. There is another problem too. Permitting someone to remain vaccine free on purely religious grounds deals only with specific religious grounds. It tacitly accepts (or does not challenge) the medical argument that vaccines are “good” for us, that everyone should be vaccinated as they are “safe and effective”, and that contrary health-based arguments are remain unacceptable.
Moreover, religious exemptions do not challenge the nonsense argument used by the Pharmaceutical Industry (supported by Government and the Mainstream Media) that there is such a thing as “herd immunity” - that everyone must be vaccinated before anyone is protected. In other words, ‘your’ vaccination does not protect you; but my vaccination does!
What this would mean is that unless I have a religious reason for refusing a vaccination my ‘right to remain vaccine-free, my informed personal choice, my personal freedom, can be over-ridden - for the general public good.
Vaccine exemptions on purely medical grounds should be supported and argued strongly. The Pharmaceutical Medical Establishment is not just strong and powerful; it is also grossly arrogant. It believes it knows best, and is prepared to use its influence over Government and the Mainstream Media to force us to accept their medical views.
Natural medical therapies, like homeopathy, have a different view - that we can all stay well, free from illness, as long as we support and maintain our individual immune systems. What this means is that our natural immunity that protects us from contracting the (generally mild) diseases for which we are offered vaccines.
