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Why is this pandemic still going?

John Fea   |  July 23, 2021

Here is a taste of David Frum’s piece “Vaccinated Americas Has Had Enough“: In the United States, this pandemic could’ve been over by now, and certainly would’ve been by Labor Day. If the pace of vaccination through the summer had […]

“There’s nothing like a near-death experience to serve as a wake-up call.” Unless you’re Donald Trump.

John Fea   |  June 24, 2021

Damian Paletta and Yasmeen Abutaleb are the authors of the forthcoming Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration’s Response to the Pandemic That Changed History. In an excerpt published at The Washington Post, we learn that Trump’s case of COVID-19 was […]

The Biden administration is framing health as a matter of personal choice. Why this is a bad idea.

John Fea   |  June 10, 2021

I drove through four states yesterday. I didn’t get out of the car much, but when I did make stops I didn’t see many masks. When I got to my hotel I read Ed Yong’s piece at The Atlantic. Here […]

The Christians & the Vaccine project

John Fea   |  April 24, 2021

Curtis Chang, a theologian at Duke Divinity School and Senior Fellow at Fuller Theological Seminary, and Kris Carter, a Christian entrepreneur, are trying to get evangelicals to take the COVID-19 vaccine. They have started the “Christians and the Vaccine Project.” […]

Some evangelical pastors want their congregations to avoid the “scam-demic” COVID-19 vaccine

John Fea   |  April 12, 2021

We have been keeping eye on the resistance to the COVID-19 vaccine in some conservative evangelical quarters. Here is the lastest: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — At River West Palm Beach Church, Pastor Corey Erman stood in front of the congregation […]

More on evangelicals and the COVID-19 vaccine

John Fea   |  April 5, 2021

Francis Collins is an evangelical Christian and the director of the National Institute of Health. In a recent appearance on CBS News he called the COVID-19 vaccine “”an answer to prayer.” Watch: Franklin Graham also tried to get his followers […]