The Rebbe's View on Vaccines

The question many are asking:

How could I, a representative and adherent of the Rebbe, be so opposed to a vaccine? Didn't the Rebbe endorse vaccination?

Answer:

The Rebbe endorsed vaccination when:

1) vaccines were voluntary 2) vaccine manufacturers were held accountable for injuries caused by their vaccines

3) the vaccine was developed in a prudent and cautious manner in the established procedure, and its safety was tried and proven, not fast-tracked at warp-speed 

4) the vaccine manufacturer had a stellar reputation of being upstanding, safe and reliable

5) the vaccine purported to protect the child from a disease that posed significant risk to the child, not if the disease posed negligible risk or zero symptoms for the child. The Rebbe NEVER encouraged vaccination just for so-called herd immunity.

6) human cell lines had not yet become a significant part of vaccine development, and before water-bag method live dissection of viable fetuses ever became an "acceptable" and regular practice

7) there had not yet been an explosion of infertility, auto-immune disorders, neurological injuries, and leukemia rate that seems to rise every time another vaccine is added to the childhood schedule. 

8) vaccination was not a condition to learning Torah or attending yeshiva, and was NOT used as an excuse for banning tens of thousands of Jewish children from school nationwide.

9) vaccination was not used as an excuse for banning Jewish women from using a mikva or banning congregants from shul, etc. 

 

10) no one ever dreamt that a vaccine would someday be used as an excuse for marginalizing and shunning a significant part of Klal Yisroel, to oust them from public spaces and create a medical-apartheid caste system of the privileged vaccinated versus the unprivileged unvaccinated.

As a lifelong student of the Rebbe, it is absolutely clear to me that the Rebbe would most vehemently oppose contemporary vaccination, since:

1) vaccines are compulsory, a shocking assault on a person's right to bodily autonomy and entitlement to informed consent and individual-based medicinal choices

2) vaccine manufacturers are not liable for injuries caused by their vaccines 

3) the covid vaccine was fast-tracked at warp-speed

4) all contemporary vaccine manufacturers have been found guilty of felonies and fraudulent, irresponsible and unsafe practices

5) vaccines like influenza and covid offer no actual benefit to a child, since those diseases poses negligible risk to children. Alleged herd immunity (if those shots actually accomplish that, which is not at all clear) is NOT a factor in Jewish law.

6) human cell lines are now a significant part of vaccine development, and morally odious "water-bag" method live dissection of viable fetuses is a shockingly regular practice

7) recent years have seen an exponential increase in cases of infertility, auto-immune disorders, neurological injuries, and leukemia rate that seems to rise every time another vaccine is added to the childhood schedule.

8) vaccination has recently been used as an excuse to ban hundreds of thousands of children from school nationwide.

9) vaccination has recently been used as an excuse to ban Jewish women from using a mikva and to shun congregants from shul, etc.

10) the covid vaccine will now be used as an excuse for marginalizing and shunning a significant part of Klal Yisroel, i.e. those who decline it. These individuals and their families will inevitably be banned from public spaces. Society will become a medical apartheid of sorts, with a new caste system of the privileged vaccinated versus the unprivileged unvaccinated.

Yes, the Rebbe would be absolutely LIVID over such shocking practices. He would oppose contemporary vaccination with every fiber of his holy being.

On 3 Shevat 5752, the Rebbe entrusted me (and all of us) with the mission to speak on his behalf, to serve as his mouthpiece. "Aharon your brother shall serve as your spokesperson."

As such, I have no choice but to state the Rebbe's position on this matter lucidly and unambiguously:

Do NOT take the covid vaccine under any circumstances!