{"id":122631,"date":"2021-01-15T17:31:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T21:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=122631"},"modified":"2021-01-15T17:35:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T21:35:22","slug":"rastafarian-family-reserves-right-to-refuse-covid-19-vaccination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/rastafarian-family-reserves-right-to-refuse-covid-19-vaccination\/","title":{"rendered":"GRENADA: Rastafarian family reserves right to refuse COVID-19 vaccination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By\u00a0Curlan Campbell<\/strong><\/p>

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Grenada resident, reggae musician and member of the Rastafarian faith, Johnnie \u201cBlack Iron\u201d Williams, said although he is not anti-vaccine, he is sceptical about allowing his family \u2013 his wife and 5 children \u2013 to become vaccinated against the coronavirus. If vaccination is made mandatory, he is prepared to have his children homeschooled.<\/p>\n

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The Prime Minister stated during a press conference that it is not the intent of his administration to force anyone to take the vaccine, although he strongly recommends they do. He said that he and his cabinet colleagues are prepared to lead by example and receive the vaccine once it becomes available.<\/p>

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Disinformation surrounding the coronavirus vaccine has certainly created panic around the world, including the Rastafarian movement in the Caribbean. The religious movement known to be quite vocal about the downfall of the oppressive \u201cBabylon\u201d system, believes this is just another attempt at total global domination targeted at systemic extermination of non-white people to curb population growth.<\/p>

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\u201cI am not against vaccine, because in some cases, vaccine has proven to be effective, but in other cases, vaccine has been proven to be used for biological warfare especially against the black race.\u201d Williams referred to the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, formerly called the \u201cTuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male\u201d carried out in 1932 by the US Public Health Service (PHS), where 600 African American men were told they were being treated for \u201cbad blood.\u201d The objective was to study the disease\u2019s natural progression and the men did not receive proper treatment needed to cure their illness.<\/p>\n

Williams believes that not enough information about the side effects of the coronavirus vaccine and its ingredients has been given to the Grenadian public. \u201cI do not know of any pharmaceutical product that does not come with side effects, so we must never ignore the side effects. If there are side effects, then there should be exemptions for people like myself, whose vegan dietary lifestyle is a part of my way of life. One of my main concerns is the ingredients used to create the vaccine and from my investigation, I became concerned that one of the ingredients in the vaccine is MRC5, which is tissues from aborted foetus.\u201d<\/p>

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According to a Reuters Fact Check article, a Facebook video discussing the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19 has falsely claimed it contains tissue from an aborted human foetus. The article notes: \u201cIt is not accurate to say MRC-5 cell lines are the same cells from an aborted foetus. They are cell lines that have been grown in a laboratory from a primary cell culture originally taken from a foetus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vaccine manufacturers like Pfizer and Moderna have been apparently granted immunity from liability in the unlikely event that people decide to sue after experiencing adverse side effects from taking the vaccine. The most common side effects of the vaccines are:<\/p>

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