Look like an OB special, don't it? BUT
- The percentage of white evangelicals who say they have been vaccinated or plan to get the shot as soon as possible was 56% in June, up from 45% in March. That is tied for the lowest figure among groups included in the survey, along with Hispanic protestants, many of whom are evangelical.
I mean that's a 20% increase in three months. If 20% more evangelicals started accepting gay marriage in three months there'd be panic in the pulpit.
- White evangelicals have a history of vaccine resistance: A 2017 survey by the Pew Research Center found that 22% of white evangelicals opposed mandatory measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations for children to attend school, higher than for other major religious demographics.
Here is an interesting stat form the article: The delta (no pun intended) between have-been and willing-to-be vaccinated is pretty big. 20ish%. Is there another explanation besides failure of messaging and outreach?Among all Americans, 71% have been vaccinated or are willing to be, according to the survey, while 13% staunchly oppose the shots.
"I'll take 'disinformatziya' for 20ish%, LeVar." Wanna see a terrifying graph, courtesy Daily Shot this morning? Finland? To the best of my knowledge, has a trustworthy press. Brazil and Nigeria, to the best of my knowledge, do not. Germany? Sure. Turkey? Nopers. But the fact that the British trust their notoriously shite press more than Americans do says exactly what the RSF has quantified: sources of information in the United States are contentious, politicized and subject to self-censure. I watched a fuckin' six part HBO documentary on "holy shit Ronan Farrow successfully reported on an open secret that everyone knew to be true." Meanwhile we've got congressmen yammering about Rothschild space lasers.