Marcus Lamb’s death highlights Christian media’s vaccine problem
“The Covid pandemic has caused a lot of hardship for churches,” Bob Smietana, national writer at Religious News Service, said on “Trusted Sources” Sunday. “It shut them down… it became an attack on religion.”
Lamb feels he is preaching the truth about vaccines – claiming that they are part of a conspiracy by Big Pharma, the media and the government, and that alternative medicine is a better option.
CNN’s chief correspondent Brian Stelter said there was a “toxic fusion” between right-wing politics and some churches.
“They’re preaching the gospel of Donald Trump and vaccine denialism,” Stelter said.
Despite Lamb’s death, his followers do not believe in the vaccine’s effectiveness and will continue to view the pandemic through the lens of spiritual warfare, in which Lamb is attacked for spreading the truth about the disease. Covid-19, Smietana said.
“His people will not stop promoting skepticism about vaccines and alternative treatments for Covid because they see it as continuing the good fight,” said Smietana.
The Christian media, which often don’t cover much of the big news, sometimes predict trends before they become mainstream.
“They’ve been tapping into important race-theory debates long before it became popular in the mainstream media,” Smietana said.
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