Jesus and Uncle Sam Agree: They Want You to Get Vaccinated

Brett Pelham
10 min readAug 19, 2021
Images adapted from U.S. Library of Congress (left) and photo by Arturo Rey (right), courtesy of Unsplash

Not long ago, it felt like life was returning to normal. By late May of 2021, half of all Americans had been at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19, and the Biden administration’s push to make several safe and highly effective vaccines widely available looked like a stunning success. But then two very bad things happened.

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Brett Pelham

Brett is a social psychologist at Montgomery College, MD. Brett studies health, gender, culture, religion, identity, and stereotypes.