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He's right, and I'm not even religious. Which again proves that you don't need religion to be a good person.
As the omicron variant spreads rapidly worldwide in the lead-up to Christmas, the Church of England’s most senior cleric offered an unwavering pronouncement: Getting a coronavirus vaccination and booster is a moral issue.
“Vaccination reduces … my chances of getting ill, [which] reduces my chances of infecting others — it’s very simple,” Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said in an interview with the British station ITV on Tuesday. “Go and get boosted; get vaccinated. It’s how we love our neighbor.”
In his interview with ITV’s Julie Etchingham, Welby, who has been archbishop of Canterbury since 2013, acknowledged he may get blowback for calling vaccination against the coronavirus a moral issue.
“I’m going to step out on thin ice here and say yes, I think it is,” Welby said. “A lot of people won’t like that … but it’s not about me and my rights to choose, it’s about how I love my neighbor.”
Etchingham then asked whether it is a sin for someone to refuse vaccination if they are in good health and have no medical reason to avoid taking it. But Welby dodged the question, focusing more on the religious argument for getting the jab.
“Loving our neighbor is what Jesus told us to do,” Welby said. “It’s Christmas. Do what he said.”
U.K.’s top archbishop says getting a coronavirus vaccination is a moral issue
As the omicron variant spreads rapidly worldwide in the lead-up to Christmas, the Church of England’s most senior cleric offered an unwavering pronouncement: Getting a coronavirus vaccination and booster is a moral issue.
“Vaccination reduces … my chances of getting ill, [which] reduces my chances of infecting others — it’s very simple,” Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said in an interview with the British station ITV on Tuesday. “Go and get boosted; get vaccinated. It’s how we love our neighbor.”
In his interview with ITV’s Julie Etchingham, Welby, who has been archbishop of Canterbury since 2013, acknowledged he may get blowback for calling vaccination against the coronavirus a moral issue.
“I’m going to step out on thin ice here and say yes, I think it is,” Welby said. “A lot of people won’t like that … but it’s not about me and my rights to choose, it’s about how I love my neighbor.”
Etchingham then asked whether it is a sin for someone to refuse vaccination if they are in good health and have no medical reason to avoid taking it. But Welby dodged the question, focusing more on the religious argument for getting the jab.
“Loving our neighbor is what Jesus told us to do,” Welby said. “It’s Christmas. Do what he said.”