On the Pope’s plane: Pope Francis said on Wednesday, he did not understand why people refused to take the Covid-19 vaccine, by saying “Humanity has a history of friendship with a vaccine,” and that a calm discussion about the shot was needed to help them.
“Even at the College of Cardinals, there are several negases,” said Francis Wednesday, on the way home from Slovakia.
He noted that one of them, “poor people,” had been hospitalized with a virus.
It was a real reference for us Cardinal Raymond Burke, who was hospitalized in the US and was placed in the ventilator last month after contracted a virus.
Francis was asked about skeptics of the vaccine and those who opposed the vaccine mandate by a Slovak reporter, given that several events during the four-day pilgrimage to the country were limited to people who got Jab Covid-19.
This problem is wider, because more and more governments adopt a vaccine mandate for certain worker categories, triggering opposition.
“It’s a bit strange, because humanity has a history of friendship with a vaccine,” Francis said, noting that children for decades were vaccinated against measles, trumps and polio “and no one said nothing.” He hypothesized that “uncertainty virulence” was caused by the diversity of Covid-19 vaccine, the time of rapid approval and the number of “arguments that created this division,” and fear.
Medical experts say vaccines have been tested and used in tens of millions of people and have proven effective in reducing hospitalization and serious death.
Significantly, Francis did not quote the objection of the religion used by some who rejected the vaccine.
Some conservatives refuse to get a photo shoot with a long distance connection and indirectly to the cell line originating from the fetus that is canceled.
The Vatican doctrine office said it was “morally acceptable” for Catholics to receive Covid-19 vaccines based on research using cells derived from the canceled fetus.
Francis said he would “commit suicide” not to get Jab and Francis and Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI had been fully vaccinated with pfizer-bionech shots.
Francis noted that the Vatican has vaccinated its population, staff and their families “with the exception of a very small group” and “they are learning how to help them.” For those who are still afraid, he said: “They must clarify it and talk to tranquility.”