{"id":133910,"date":"2021-07-27T12:45:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T16:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=133910"},"modified":"2021-07-27T12:45:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T16:45:39","slug":"letter-stop-demonizing-the-unvaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-stop-demonizing-the-unvaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: Stop Demonizing the Unvaccinated!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1092962946\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-2863590172\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would challenge anyone that the growing sentiments towards the forcible vaccination of unwilling\u00a0 citizens is not a public health issue but rather a moral one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-1112965147\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morality is defined by Dictionary.com as \u201cprinciples concerning the distinction between right and wrong\u00a0 and good and bad behaviour\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have been told from childhood, that doing right and acting right are what makes us moral\u00a0 individuals. Moreover, we were always told that the <\/span><b>ends <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">never justify the means. In other words,\u00a0 regardless of the enormous good that would result from our action, accomplishing that supposed good\u00a0 by doing an <\/span><b>immoral <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">act does not make the results good. This is why money laundering is not good. This\u00a0 is why sweat shops are not good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-3369752922\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-1675951499\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"IMG_0040\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, if your mother is in desperate need of a kidney to save her life, taking a random stranger\u2019s life to get\u00a0 her a kidney, will never be morally justified. I doubt anyone would look on such act as a loving gesture to\u00a0 your mother. I daresay that most people would be repulsed by such action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-2406210195\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likewise, we have been told not to imbibe any substance that may harm our body because it is not <\/span><b>good\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">behaviour. There are laws against you and I taking \u201cillegal\u201d drugs that will harm us. I naturally assumed\u00a0 that the drug was \u201cillegal\u201d because it was <\/span><b>harmful<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many a Rasta and Marijuana smoker has been arrested and jailed for simply possessing the \u201cillegal\u201d\u00a0 drug. Some jurisdictions would even put you to death for possessing \u201cillegal\u201d drugs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-1945858647\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I draw from all this is that refusing to take a drug that I consider harmful or potentially harmful to\u00a0 me would be considered moral thing to do in the sight of the law and society. If I abstained from taking\u00a0 harmful drugs, I would have assumed that I behaved in a manner that is right and acceptable by law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It cannot be refuted, regardless of how rare, that these vaccines (drugs) may be harmful, even fatal, to a\u00a0 very small number of <\/span><b>individuals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Therefore, If an <\/span><b>individual <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feels, that a drug being offered to him\u00a0 could potentially harmful to his person, should he not be allowed to exercise his God-given, <\/span><b>moral <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">right\u00a0 to refuse it?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-3346258390\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chtamarketplace.com\/\" aria-label=\"Social FaceBook Cover Desk_Mobile\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:111\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:379\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:285\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:569\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"949\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is as an unfortunate contradiction that for simply following your moral instinct, you are now told that\u00a0 you need to do the \u201cresponsible\u201d thing by taking a drug that you feel may be harmful to your person. It\u00a0 is very convenient to be nonchalant and declare that only a small minority might suffer statistically,\u00a0 forgetting that those that suffer are <\/span><b>real, living people, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who will be left to bear the consequence alone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-1272498263\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you cut through the rhetoric, what you hear is: <\/span><b>not <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">putting <\/span><b>yourself <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at risk is putting <\/span><b>others <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at\u00a0 risk. Taking a drug that could potentially do harm to you is now a justifiable <\/span><b>means <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to a public health\u00a0 <\/span><b>end<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I would put it bluntly by concluding that it is justified to commit suicide for the public good!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can no longer agree with my history teachers that the ancient people were <\/span><b>barbaric <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to sacrifice one of\u00a0 their own to appease the gods, who if not taken seriously could cause imminent and catastrophic<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">disaster on the whole population. This rationale is no different to what I am hearing today. We cannot\u00a0 fairly call such people barbaric. They too had a public welfare crisis!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sacrificing a single human was justified to appease the wrath of the gods. After all, the death of one\u00a0 human is well worth the lives of thousands of other humans. It is the best we can do for humanity\u2019s\u00a0 sake! For them, the end <\/span><b>does <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">justify the means in this instance. Indeed, they reason, it is for the\u00a0 common good!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may choose to dismiss the human sacrifice illustration as comparing two different things. I would\u00a0 just like to remind you, that the leaders of today are no better predictors of impending disaster, even\u00a0 though, like their ancient predecessors, they would never admit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does simply saying that we have a \u201cpublic health\u201d issue, constitute justifiable grounds for suspending\u00a0 the <\/span><b>moral principles <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that have been established throughout time? When the Rastas for years have\u00a0 argued that taking Marijuana was part of their religious rite, did that matter to the lawgivers? Countless\u00a0 law breakers were caught and locked up, regardless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It appears to me that there is a major moral question here.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I always thought that morality was based on Godly principles that were absolute and timeless. However,\u00a0 I am being persuaded to believe that morality is circumstantial: it depends on the whims and selective\u00a0 interpretation of imperfect government officials, acting ostensibly in the public interest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my opinion, the moral dilemma we find ourselves, is fraught with contradiction.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I do and still believe that the ends <\/span><b>never <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">justify the means, regardless of good intentions. To ignore this\u00a0 principle would put our society on a slippery slope. History has demonstrated that is was a number of\u00a0 seemingly innocuous compromises of natural principles that eventually culminated in the terror of Adolf\u00a0 Hitler.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It appears to me that the lesson we are being taught is that once an imperfect government official says\u00a0 it is \u201cgood\u201d, regardless of how immoral it is, it is ultimately good. Again, history is littered with examples\u00a0 of this myth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us not forget that slavery was ok by government decree, even though it was an immoral act.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us not continue to demonize individuals for simply exercising the good moral judgement that they\u00a0 have been taught.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Yves R. Ephraim<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-2799023609\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would challenge anyone that the growing sentiments towards the forcible vaccination of unwilling\u00a0 citizens is not a public health issue but rather a moral one.\u00a0 Morality is defined by Dictionary.com as \u201cprinciples concerning the distinction between right and wrong\u00a0 and good and bad behaviour\u201d.\u00a0 We have been told from childhood, that doing right and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":129525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LETTER: Stop Demonizing the Unvaccinated! 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