Religious Exemptions & the COVID19 Vaccine Mandate

Bioethics for the People

Dr. Michael Deem joins us to explore religion, theology, and religious exemptions to mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirements.

Michael Deem is an associate professor in the Center for Bioethics & Health Law at the University of Pittsburgh. He is an expert on bioethics, specifically the ethics related to Genomic Medicine and Catholic Theology.

Check out more of Prof Deem’s work:

• Deem, MJ (2021) “Catholics, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and an unnecessary moral problem” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Mar 9, 2021.

• Deem, MJ (2021) “What the Bishops are Saying about Vaccine Mandates” The Pillar.

• Radio interview on Catholic morality and the COVID-19 vaccines, Al Kresta in Afternoon

• Sinclair Group on political hurdles to vaccine mandates for adults

• NPR on adolescents receiving COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent

• NPR on crossing state-lines for scarce COVID-19 vaccines

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (local) on religious views on COVID-19 vaccines

• Deem, MJ (2017) “Responding to Parents who Refuse Childhood Immunizations” Nursing Vol 47:12, p. 11-14.