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Old 10-16-2014, 05:35 PM   #216
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Originally Posted by wittynickname View Post
Just throwing this out there: I grew up going to meetings as a Jehovah's Witness, I'm still semi-connected to the religion, and I've never heard of any JWs not having their kids vaccinated for religious reasons. I knew one woman who didn't have hers vaccinated, but it was typical stupid anti-vax stuff, nothing religious. By and large, I'm pretty sure JWs don't have any issue with vaccinations?

Blood transfusions are a different story, obviously, but I'd never heard of that among JWs.
JWs were against vaccinations in the 50s and 60s. Policy changed and vaccinations were allowed in the late 60s.
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