Dear June, I’m writing not for medical advice, but regarding the confronting aspects of my decision to remain unvaccinated for COVID. Let me start by saying that I am by no means “Anti-Vax.” I believe the speed of creation and the efficacy of the vaccines to be a technological achievement. My 73-year-old mother has ovarian cancer, and I’m very relieved that she’s vaccinated. So my conflict isn’t with the vaccine itself, but the way in which it’s been rolled out and increasingly being mandated for participation in society. My reasons for resisting the vaccine mandates are: 1. It violates my religious and spiritual beliefs. 2. It violates my civil rights. 3. I believe the justification for vaccinating all of society is under a false pretense. The original justification for mass vaccination was to prevent the spread, however, that has been clearly disproved as countries such as Israel with high vaccination …