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they're sharing false rumors and lies
about covert 19 vaccine this is a final
enslavement
and they have influence because they're
religious leaders
i look at anti-vaccine content all day
every day my name is kalina koltai
so these figureheads who have a large
platform ties
are often respected and they also have
the cultural competency to understand
what is important
what are the values what is necessary to
make that information
powerful and resonate it's a minority
spreading these false messages
most leaders in every faith are trying
to do the opposite the vaccine is a gift
of folks
but when religious leaders spread wrong
information about vaccines
it can be powerful in india this man
suggests the vaccine is an international
conspiracy
to feed cow's blood to hindus
but there's no cow's blood in covet 19
vaccines
after a greek orthodox bishop says
slaughtered fetuses
are used to make vaccines but this
emotive language
is extremely misleading
there were two fetuses aborted in the
1960s that are used to produce a cell
line that's still used today in the
process of making deactivated virus that
goes into the vaccine
but that does not mean that they're
taking aborted babies and putting it in
your vaccines
in israel a rabbi claims the vaccine
will make you gay
which is nonsensical
and in the us some evangelical
christians are debating
whether vaccines are the mark of the
beast a sign of the devil
and the end of times i think it's
difficult for social media companies
to uh figure out where is the
appropriate moderation limit
when it comes to religious content even
when negative messages
aren't necessarily false they can have a
big impact
sitting in london i received this
message from a friend in nigeria
but it came from zambia where the
speaker nevers mumba
is a politician and a former
televangelist zambia must not
inject any vaccine
in any zambian body before
strenuous verification there's a danger
when someone as influential as you
spreads a message like this publicly
they
undermine confidence in the vaccine
why did you feel the need to make this
statement publicly
i think it's my moral obligation as a
leader
to make that public because it puts our
authorities
on alert to realize that we are not just
people who receive anything that comes
to us but all we are saying to our
people
make sure it is safe is pre-regulation
by the who
that isn't enough by your standards not
at all not at all when pfizer hits
london london had to do its own
verifications and ensure that they are
satisfied
even if the intent of the person who's
posting it is not necessarily to spread
misinformation
it can be interpreted as a message to
not vaccinate
dr teddy andrew molenga challenged
never's mumba publicly
i asked him why for us here pastors
they have huge following and whatever
they say
is taken as gospel truth he believes
that zambia like other countries have
done should trust the who's rigorous
pre-regulation
to get the vaccine quickly i am a doctor
but there are more people listening to
him
it's crucial that religious leaders get
vaccine messaging right
talal is very important for muslims in
2018 the highest muslim clerical council
in indonesia said a measles and rubella
vaccine
wasn't held out mui then issued a fatwa
that this even it is not halal but it
still can be used
but that mixed message meant many
parents refuse to vaccinate their
children
now with the coronavirus they want to do
things differently
they put out a fatwa saying the covet 19
vaccine from sinovac
is halal before the rollout in indonesia
began
i think it's incredibly important for
religious leaders to spread accurate
and up-to-date information about
vaccines and making sure that that
information that they're spreading
is relevant to their congregation
because a delay in vaccinating
means more lives lost we need the
vaccine
we need people to buy in
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