Thread by @DrEricDing

This is the most worrisome article on anti-vaxxer movement in a long time. It’s so insane... it makes my blood boil how prevalent science denialism is in evangelical community. And it’s hurting pandemic mitigation. #COVID19
google.com/amp/s/www.wash…

2) “on TikTok, young Christians act out biblically inspired scenes in which they are forced to take a vaccine, only to end up splattered in fake blood and on the brink of death—to represent how the introduction of coronavirus vaccines could herald the biblical End Time.”

3) “Along with hundreds of thousands of other vaccine-questioning posts by social media users all over the world, they’re demonstrating the ways in which health misinformation is targeting Christians, some reaching sizable audiences.

4) “Some churches and Christian ministries with large online followings — as well as Christian influencers — are making false claims that vaccines contain fetal tissue or microchips, or are construing associations between vaccine ingredients and the devil.

5) “Others talk about how coronavirus vaccines and masks contain or herald the “mark of the beast,” a reference to an apocalyptic passage from the Book of Revelation that suggests that the Antichrist will test Christians by asking them to put a mark on their bodies.”