Common Misconceptions about Catholic Healthcare: Vaccination and Vaccines

August 3, 2021 -
8:00am to 9:00am

Healthcare and Religion Lecture Series

Michael Deem, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Bioethics & Health Law
​University of Pittsburgh

Abstract: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and emerging variants, beliefs regarding vaccines and religious objections to vaccination are of increasing importance. Therefore, the lecture series is dividing its attention to misconceptions about Catholic healthcare into two parts and will devote this first lecture to Catholic views on vaccination, including misconceptions regarding the currently available COVID-19 vaccines.

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