Are Anti-Vax Pastors Really the Problem?

Anti-vax pastors have faced broad pushback as the United States works to boost its vaccination rate. But new research shows policymakers and public health officials may get a bigger payoff by focusing, instead, on the much larger group of faith leaders who mostly ignore the vaccine debate. Pew Research Center’s latest survey on religion and COVID-19 revealed that just 5% of Americans classified as "religious attenders" -- a group made up of people who typically attend church at least monthly and anyone else who went to a worship service in the past month -- have pastors who reject COVID-19 vaccines.