vaccination

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 1, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Vaccine Mandates are an Exploding Cigar

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 1, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

In short, treat us like free Americans. Not only will that promote comity, but I believe it would also make skeptics more likely to accept the shot. And here’s a big bonus: No national exploding cigar. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 9, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

A Mandate Martyr

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 9, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

The more I observe the establishment’s moral panic over COVID vaccines, the greater my belief that mandates are less about establishing beneficial public health policy and more about enabling an emerging technocracy to assume authoritarian control. Read More ›

^{John G. West
October 8, 2021
Faith & Science}

NIH Director Francis Collins Isn’t A National Treasure, He’s A National Disgrace

_{John G. West
October 8, 2021
Faith & Science}

For more than 12 years, Collins served his purpose at NIH by providing cover for the secularists to do what they wanted to do anyway. That’s not something to celebrate. It’s something to grieve. Read More ›

Francis Collins at the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health Laboratory — President Joe Biden tours the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health Laboratory Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Bethesda, Maryland. From left, Deputy Director of the NIH NIAAID Vaccine Research Center Dr. Barney Graham, Chief Medical Adviser to the President Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, and Senior Research Fellow and Coronavirus Team Lead at the NIAIC Vaccine Research Center Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett.

^{John G. West
September 29, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Francis Collins’ Rhetoric About the Unvaccinated is Anything but Christian

_{John G. West
September 29, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Francis Collins is Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He also is the most well-known evangelical Christian in the federal science establishment. But his recent rhetoric is anything but Christian. Read More ›

vial, covid-19, coronavirus vaccine ampoule, bottle for injection with syringe

^{Wesley J. Smith
August 31, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Questioning Vaccine Mandates

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 31, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

If a free society is to remain worthy of the name, persuasion—not coercion—must be the watchword. Because if COVID becomes the excuse for government and Big Business to exert such extreme control, even greater intrusions on civil liberties will surely follow. Once power is grabbed, the grabbers rarely let go. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
May 10, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Stealing Vaccine Patents Would Be a Big Mistake

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 10, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Patent protection is crucial to the free-market system and essential to continuing medical innovation. Whatever immediate benefit might be derived by stealing the vaccine would ultimately be more than offset by the new drugs never brought to market and vaccines not invented. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
March 30, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Wesley J. Smith Joins Laura Ingraham to Discuss ‘Vaccine Passports’

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 30, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Wesley J. Smith joined Laura Ingraham to discuss the disturbing calls by many to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine and to create "vaccine passports." Smith breaks down how such propositions would threaten our civil liberties. Read More ›

Vaccination concept. Female doctor vaccinating young man

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 21, 2021
Education}

Teachers & Vaccines: Debate & Demands

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 21, 2021
Education}

The emotionally charged feelings surrounding COVID-19, largely linked with politics, are nowhere stronger than in the discussion about K-12 public school reopenings. As we now experience a transition of the U.S. presidency from Republican to Democratic hands, the vastly differing viewpoints remain as strong as ever. Read More ›

Dripping reagent into test tube with liquid sample, closeup. Laboratory analysis

^{Wesley J. Smith
November 10, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine Not Created with Fetal Cells

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 10, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

The news that Pfizer’s vaccine is 90 percent effective has rocked the world. The company will be applying for an emergency FDA approval. Read More ›

Doctor's Hand Injecting Patient With Coronavirus Vaccine

^{Wesley J. Smith
May 27, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

Dershowitz Wrong: Government Can’t Compel You to Take COVID-19 Vaccine

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 27, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz has made quite a media stir by claiming that the government can force us all to receive COVID-19 vaccines if one is developed. But And the government certainly doesn’t have “the power to literally take you to a doctor’s office and plunge a needle into your arm.” Read More ›