Rabbis
The biggest push for vaccines in the Jewish community has been coming from Rabbis.
That's right. Rabbis. Not doctors.
Why?
I have a theory.
Jews, especially Orthodox Jews, have a habit of asking a rabbi for advice and guidance. Of course sometimes this is warranted! When it comes to understanding Halacha (Jewish law) or any Jewish text, the rabbi is supposed to be the expert. That is how he became a rabbi - through studying Jewish texts!
Medical care is serious business. Jews have always been big fans of doctors (well, except for the Talmud which says the best doctors are going to hell).
Medical care is also very personal. Every person is different. Every body type, every genetic makeup, every DNA configuration is different. Medical textbooks can teach generalizations and specifics, but in the end of the day, doctors have to deal with what they know and what they are dealt. Healthcare is an imperfect system.
Some doctors come to rabbis and say "Do we care about life?" Of course we do. "Then we must stop every disease we can stop." How can we do that? "Vaccination for all." How could I make such a declaration? "Vaccines are safe and effective." But doesn't everything carry with it an element of risk? "Stop asking questions, rabbi. Are you a doctor?" No, of course not. "Then just listen to the experts."
There is a rule in medical ethics called the Goldwater Rule. It stems from 1964 when psychologists who had never examined presidential candidate Senator Barry Goldwater called him crazy.
He was not crazy - it was just people who disagreed with him politically who said he was.
The American Psychologal Association made a rule that you cannot diagnose someone without having examined the patient thoroughly and in person.
Who is to say if vaccination is for everyone? There are some people who have medical exemptions for a reason! There are some people who do not want to run the risk of what the vaccine may do to them or their children.
Has every doctor examined them? Do doctors know what signs to look for susceptibility to vaccine damage? Of course not.
And that is certainly the case with rabbis, especially the rabbis who are not also doctors.
Rabbis are mandating vaccines because
1. They are parroting what the doctors tell them
(2. Doctors parrot what the CDC tells them)
3. They are afraid to lose their jobs if they don't take a stand for vaccination
4. They know nothing about vaccines because they don't have the time to learn.
Rabbis should stay out of telling people to vaccinate.
Doctors should take care of their own patients.
Everyone should leave each other alone. Unless to be kind to another human being.
That's right. Rabbis. Not doctors.
Why?
I have a theory.
Jews, especially Orthodox Jews, have a habit of asking a rabbi for advice and guidance. Of course sometimes this is warranted! When it comes to understanding Halacha (Jewish law) or any Jewish text, the rabbi is supposed to be the expert. That is how he became a rabbi - through studying Jewish texts!
Medical care is serious business. Jews have always been big fans of doctors (well, except for the Talmud which says the best doctors are going to hell).
Medical care is also very personal. Every person is different. Every body type, every genetic makeup, every DNA configuration is different. Medical textbooks can teach generalizations and specifics, but in the end of the day, doctors have to deal with what they know and what they are dealt. Healthcare is an imperfect system.
Some doctors come to rabbis and say "Do we care about life?" Of course we do. "Then we must stop every disease we can stop." How can we do that? "Vaccination for all." How could I make such a declaration? "Vaccines are safe and effective." But doesn't everything carry with it an element of risk? "Stop asking questions, rabbi. Are you a doctor?" No, of course not. "Then just listen to the experts."
There is a rule in medical ethics called the Goldwater Rule. It stems from 1964 when psychologists who had never examined presidential candidate Senator Barry Goldwater called him crazy.
He was not crazy - it was just people who disagreed with him politically who said he was.
The American Psychologal Association made a rule that you cannot diagnose someone without having examined the patient thoroughly and in person.
Who is to say if vaccination is for everyone? There are some people who have medical exemptions for a reason! There are some people who do not want to run the risk of what the vaccine may do to them or their children.
Has every doctor examined them? Do doctors know what signs to look for susceptibility to vaccine damage? Of course not.
And that is certainly the case with rabbis, especially the rabbis who are not also doctors.
Rabbis are mandating vaccines because
1. They are parroting what the doctors tell them
(2. Doctors parrot what the CDC tells them)
3. They are afraid to lose their jobs if they don't take a stand for vaccination
4. They know nothing about vaccines because they don't have the time to learn.
Rabbis should stay out of telling people to vaccinate.
Doctors should take care of their own patients.
Everyone should leave each other alone. Unless to be kind to another human being.
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