Australia’s Religious Leaders Sound Vaccine Warning

Australia’s Religious Leaders Sound Vaccine Warning
Churches set to reopen in Tasmania, St Mary's Cathedral on April 12, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
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One of Australia’s most senior religious leaders has warned that he'd likely boycott a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University, while another is distancing himself from the stance, which has created a potential headache for the Morrison government.

Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies is concerned that scientists are using cell lines from an electively aborted fetus, a common practice in medical research.