Yesterday the Pew Research Center released the results of its American Trends Panel survey on attitudes toward COVID-19 mandates and claims of religious objections to vaccines. A release titled Americans skeptical about religious objections to COVID-19 vaccines, but oppose employer mandates reads in part:
Two-thirds of U.S. adults say most people who claim religious objections to a COVID-19 vaccine “are just using religion as an excuse to avoid the vaccine,” while about a third (31%) say they think the objectors “sincerely believe getting a COVID-19 vaccine is against their religion.”
At the same time, most Americans do not think those with religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccine – regardless of the sincerity of their beliefs – should lose their jobs. A majority of adults (65%) say employers that require coronavirus vaccinations should “allow employees who have religious objections to keep their jobs even if they decline to get the vaccine.” Around a third (32%) disagree....
