What’s The History Of Religious Exemptions To Vaccines?
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English - September 23, 2021 07:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 595 ratingsNews Education curious city chicago investigation public radio Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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While resistance to vaccine mandates goes back 200 years but state laws allowing for religious exemptions were rare until the 1960s. And faith leaders from the Pope to imams have pushed Americans to get vaccinated. So why do religious exemptions exist? Reporter Andrew Meriwether digs into the complicated history of religious exemptions.