{"id":10946,"date":"2021-09-08T20:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T03:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10946"},"modified":"2022-01-31T20:21:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T04:21:07","slug":"covid-vaccination-and-the-common-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10946","title":{"rendered":"Covid vaccination and the common good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eternitynews.com.au\">Eternity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"patrick-parkinson\">Patrick Parkinson<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/medicalneedle007.jpg\" alt=\"Covid vaccination and the common good\" class=\"wp-image-10704\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of decades ago, there were hardly any anti-vaxxers in Australia. Those who held the belief that it was wrong to prevent illness by receiving a vaccine typically rejected other aspects of modern life and government regulation as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The anti-vaxxer movement gathered pace with the publication of an article in a medical journal, since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/342\/bmj.d2\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">retracted and thoroughly discredited<\/a>, that purported to make a link between vaccination and autism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then the movement has become widespread. Now, vaccination against Covid has emerged as a religious issue \u2013 at least in some theologically conservative circles. . . <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/background\/procedures\/vaccination001.aspx\">continue re<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/background\/procedures\/vaccination001.aspx\">ading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eternity Patrick Parkinson A couple of decades ago, there were hardly any anti-vaxxers in Australia. Those who held the belief that it was wrong to prevent illness by receiving a vaccine typically rejected other aspects of modern life and government regulation as well. The anti-vaxxer movement gathered pace with the publication of an article in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10946\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Covid vaccination and the common good&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[508,8,295,3303],"tags":[3979],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethical-commentary","category-legal-commentary","category-religious-freedom","category-vaccinations","tag-covid"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Covid vaccination and the common good - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Australian law professor explains law and issues relevant to Covid vaccinations and vaccination mandates for religious believers.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/background\/procedures\/vaccination001.aspx\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Covid vaccination and the common good - 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