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TreasonousBastard

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2. Completely insane-- this is from that same small part of the haredim that refused measles...
Tue May 11, 2021, 02:43 PM
May 2021

vaccines, causing the outbreaks in Brooklyn and Rockland County.

From what I understand, most rabbis and influencers are all for vaccination-- the scriptures, after all, do tell them not to harm themselves. It's small groups of largely insular ultra-orthodox who distrust the government who reject vaxxing.

In that, they are not so much different than Protestant Christianity. Both have no Pope or other central authority, so the fringes are free to come up with all sorts of wackiness.

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