COVID-19 – Ellen Kolb

Emerging

Above my desk is a shelf full of go-to books, selected from the thousand or so volumes scattered throughout my house. That shelf holds my essentials: prayer books, spiritual commentaries, lives of the saints, and my current favorites among life-issue books (think Gosnell). I can pick up any of them and come across something aboutContinue reading “Emerging”

The vaccine, two years on

Yes, I took the COVID-19 vaccine. Three shots of the Pfizer formulation, in fact. I’m as fully-vaccinated as the any abundantly-cautious person could wish, after having grave misgivings when the vaccine was first available. My biggest concern was the use of aborted children in vaccine development. In the end, I found a statement from theContinue reading “The vaccine, two years on”

COVID-19 vaccine progress

Last April, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops organized a petition drive to urge the federal Food and Drug Administration to make sure any COVID-19 vaccine be derived from ethical sources, not involving cell lines originating from fetuses killed by induced abortion. So what has happened since? Some vaccines are in the testing stage already.Continue reading “COVID-19 vaccine progress”