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 Warmer weather is here and with that comes time spent in the pool. But did you know that drowning is the most common cause of death for children ages 1-4?

Sometimes, I wonder if I’m ever going to get over how some humans have behaved during this pandemic. First, the good news: As of this week, more than 65 mill

Connie Schultz WASHINGTON — Sometimes, I wonder if I’m ever going to get over how some humans have behaved during this pandemic. First, the good news: As of this week, more than 65 million people in the U.S. have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Millions more are well on their way. Now, the pull-out-your-hair news: A Pew Research study reports that, of the 41 million white evangelical adults in the U.S., a whopping 45% of them said in late February they don’t plan to get vaccinate...

Get the COVID vaccination that God made possible | Column Get thee vaccinated, my evangelical friends, writes Connie Schultz.     The Rev. Roberto Cid talks to people waiting to receive their second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Miami Beach. [ MARTA LAVANDIER ] Published 4 hours ago Updated 4 hours ago Sometimes, I wonder if I’m ever going to get over how some humans have behaved during this pandemic. First, the good news: As of this week, mor...

White Evangelical Resistance Is Obstacle in Vaccination Effort Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham © Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg Demonstrators hold signs during a protest outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta last month. Stephanie Nana, an evangelical Christian in Edmond, Okla., refused to get a Covid-19 vaccine because she believed it contained “aborted cell tissue.” Nathan French, who leads a nondenominational ministry in Tacoma, Wash.,...

– Below, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell calls it “curious” that Republican Men won’t take the Covid vaccine. Like, there’s some mystery here? Subject of my upcoming Yale vid, coming soon, I hope. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on vaccine hesitancy: "I saw on some program last week that Republican men, curiously enough, might be reluctant to take the vaccine. Im a Republican man, and I want to say to everyone: we need to take this vaccine." https://t.co/xY8G8YiI04pic.tw...

How White Evangelicals’ Vaccine Refusal Could Prolong the Pandemic Millions of white evangelical adults in the U.S. do not intend to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Tenets of faith and mistrust of science play a role; so does politics. Demonstrators hold signs during a protest outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta last month.Credit...Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg April 5, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET Stephanie Nana, an evangelical Christian in Edmond, Okla., ref...

Across white evangelical America, reasons not to get vaccinated have spread as quickly as the virus that public health officials are hoping to overcome through herd immunity.