[Avodah] Orthodox Union Guidance Regarding Coronavirus

[Prof. Levine]

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<https://together.ou.org/page/guidance?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shsh%20Miketz%205781%20%281%29&utm_content=>Guidance 
Regarding COVID-19
Guidance Statements & Policies. December 15, 2020 
11:45 AM EST. OU/RCA COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance. 
The following is shared based on the guidance of 
our poskim, Harav Hershel Schachter ùìéè”à and 
Harav Mordechai Willig ùìéè”à, with the support of Harav Dovid Cohen ùìéè”à.
together.ou.org

There has long been an almost uniform consensus 
among leading medical experts that vaccines are 
an effective and responsible manner of protecting 
life and advancing health. For over two hundred 
years vaccinations have been responsible for the 
dramatic reduction of many terrible diseases and 
have significantly improved public health in our 
country and around the world. For this reason, 
the consensus of our major poskim (halachic 
decisors) is to encourage us to use vaccinations 
to protect ourselves and others from disease.

While this guidance of our poskim has addressed 
vaccine usage generally, the introduction of the 
novel COVID-19 vaccines required specific 
reconsideration. The poskim recognize that the 
COVID-19 vaccines have been developed with 
unprecedented speed and are expected to be made 
available under an Emergency Use Authorization 
(EUA). In addition, the two currently leading 
COVID-19 vaccine candidates are mRNA vaccines 
which employ a new vaccine technology.

Notwithstanding these factors, the conclusion of 
our poskim is that, pursuant to the advice of 
your personal health care provider, the Torah 
obligation to preserve our lives and the lives of 
others requires us to vaccinate for COVID-19 as 
soon as a vaccine becomes available.


See the above URL for more.

YL

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