{"id":49845,"date":"2021-07-28T23:55:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T03:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=49845"},"modified":"2021-07-28T23:55:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T03:55:49","slug":"white-evangelicals-resist-the-covid-19-vaccine-most-among-religious-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/07\/white-evangelicals-resist-the-covid-19-vaccine-most-among-religious-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"White evangelicals resist the COVID-19 vaccine most among religious groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nearly one-quarter don\u2019t want shot, a new study finds, and church leaders face hurdles persuading them<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than six months into the country\u2019s Covid-19 vaccination campaign, evangelical Christians are more resistant to getting the vaccine than other major religious groups, according to newly released data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some 24% of white evangelicals said in June they wouldn\u2019t be vaccinated, down from 26% in March, according to a study from the Public Religion Research Institute, a nonpartisan group that studies the intersection of religion and public life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evangelicals of all races make up about one-quarter of the U.S. population, and health officials say persuading them to get the shot is crucial to slowing the spread of the Delta variant fueling recent increases in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The percentage of white evangelicals who say they have been vaccinated or plan to get the shot as soon as possible was 56% in June, up from 45% in March. That is tied for the lowest figure among groups included in the survey, along with Hispanic protestants, many of whom are evangelical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An expanded version of this article appears on WSJ.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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