lyonsr@jamaicaobserver.com Jehovah's Witnesses are often there with humanitarian aid after the many natural disasters around the globe and it is good to see them encouraging people to take the vaccination for COVID-19. Here is some of the text from the article -
Jehovah's Witnesses were not among the five major religious groups that two weeks ago gave support to the Government's COVID-19 vaccination programme; however, the millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs is urging unvaccinated Jamaicans to trust science and take the jab.
The endorsement will likely strengthen the health and wellness ministry's efforts to vaccinate more than half of the population by March next year as the Government tries to shield more Jamaicans from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 and which, up to last Friday, had infected 64,899 people here, killing 1,465 since the first case was reported in March last year.
“Many Jehovah's Witnesses have made the personal decision to be vaccinated, believing that it is consistent with their respect for the sacredness of life and their desire to always display love to their neighbours,” local Jehovah's Witness leader Elder Peter Scudamore told the Jamaica Observer.
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