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Moral & Ethical Considerations on COVID-10 Vaccines Fr. Charles Moral & Ethical Considerations on COVID-10 Vaccines Fr. Charles Rowe & Dr. John Morris Bishop James Johnston, Jr.: Welcome! We're gathered here today to discuss some of the recent developments with regard to some of the vaccines that have recently come out to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Several different pharmaceutical companies have been releasing these vaccines, some of the most well known are Pfizer, Moderna; also there is the Astra Zeneca company, Johnson & Johnson. A lot of these vaccines are bringing great hope to many because of their effectiveness, but they're also raising a lot of questions on some of them are medical and some of them are moral and ethical questions. So we're taking this opportunity to talk to local experts in the Kansas City area, and part of that will focus on the medical aspect—there's one video segment on that—there's also the segment that we're going to do today, which centers on the moral and ethical aspects of the vaccines. And so, here at the Catholic Center we've already got a lot of questions from some of the faithful around the vaccines, and we thought we would take an opportunity to ask those questions so that it could be helpful for those who might be wondering about them. So these video segments can be found on our social media, especially our diocesan website; and later on, I'll mention again that if your question isn't asked at one of these video segments, you still have the opportunity to do that. So how will this work? Well today, I'm joined by two of the people that are experts and who assist me and assist our Catholic health care workers in the area: Fr. Charles Rowe, vicar general for pastoral affairs for the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph. Fr. Charles has a doctorate in sacred theology in the field of medical ethics from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome; he was formerly pastor of Holy Trinity parish in Weston and 12 apostles parish in Platte City. He currently serves on the Ethics Committee at Saint Joseph Medical Center here in Kansas City, and Saint Mary's Medical Center in Blue Springs. So welcome Fr. Charles! We also have with us Dr. John Morris. Dr. Morris is director of Catholic healthcare for the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph. He has a PhD in philosophy with an emphasis in medical and bioethics; he serves as a liaison with St. Joseph Medical Center and St. Mary's Medical Center here in Kansas City, where he is the chair of the joint Ethics Committee; and he works to help ensure the Catholic identity and its adherence to Catholic moral teaching at these hospitals within our diocese. He also serves on the governing board for St. Joseph hospital. Dr. Morris advises me as well as Fr. Rowe on matters related to Catholic healthcare and bioethics. And finally, Dr. Morris is also a professor of philosophy here in Kansas City at Rockhurst University. So let's get right to it! We have a lot of really good questions for Fr. Rowe and Dr. Morris. Fr. Charles, this first question is I think one that you are best suited to respond to: how should a Catholic form their conscience in making decisions about vaccination? Now, conscience formation is something we're all obligated to do, and how would you advise someone about forming their conscience regarding the decision to be vaccinated? Fr. Charles Rowe: Thank you, Bishop. I would say first of all, that conscience is where God speaks to our hearts. Now for us to hear God's voice, we have to listen, prayerfully, carefully to his word. And the word of God is articulated in a most helpful way by the teaching office of the Church, for Jesus has counseled us that the Holy Spirit guides us into all truth. In recent years, the church has issued several documents on this timely topic of vaccines and vaccinations. Now while safe vaccines that prevent diseases are generally a good thing, a wonderful achievement of modern medical science, tragically several vaccines have been created utilizing cells derived from aborted children. This very tragic fact has created pains of conscience for lots of faithful Catholics who do not want to be associated in any way, shape or form with abortion. Weighing all the considerations in play, the Church is taught that the COVID-19 vaccines are morally permissible even when they have some association with abortion, as some of them do, when there are no comparably effective vaccines free of an abortion association readily available. Individual Catholics should give prayerful attention to these teachings of our Church, prayerfully review the benefits and drawbacks of taking these vaccines in light of their particular state in life and the special duties they have to others, and then trust the Holy Spirit to guide them in making the right choice. I'd add that the advice of a good spiritual guide, like a wise and holy priest or religious, may prove helpful in this process of discernment as well. Bishop: Well thanks, Fr. Charles. We may get into it a little bit later—but there are…many people are aware of what you would call the proximity to the use of cells that were derived from abortions, so maybe we can get into that a little bit later. There's are specific terms that are used in moral theology related to this and so maybe we'll do a follow up question on that, 'cause I think it relates to what you just said in terms of conscience formation—how closely proximate you are to the evil of abortion, and the further and further away you get, that sort of thing. So maybe we can do a follow up on that particular piece. Thank you for that initial reflection on conscience. The next three questions are for both of you, here's the first one: what does the Church have to say about who should have access to the vaccines? So Fr. Charles, do you want to begin with that response? Fr. Rowe: Happily. In a word everyone, everyone should have access to the vaccines. Now, priority should be given to those who are most at risk, like frontline health care workers and people who are vulnerable because of their medical conditions or external factors, like residing in nursing home or other congregate setting. But it's a basic human right that we have to healthcare and to protect our health and so everyone should have access to the vaccines. Bishop: Dr. Morris, your thoughts? Dr. John Morris: Well, building upon what Fr. Charles just said, clearly fair and equitable distribution of the vaccine must be a national priority. Given the fact that it takes time to make and distribute individual doses of the vaccine, the reality is that everyone cannot get vaccinated at once, so there has to be some plan of rolling out and distributing the vaccine. And from the Catholic perspective, this plan needs to maximize the common good as its implemented. And in particular that means avoiding arbitrary decisions, such as basing distribution solely on age or quality of life judgments. And instead we need to focus on those most at risk of exposure to the virus given their life and work situations—as Fr. Charles mentioned, frontline health care workers or EMS personnel—balanced against those populations who are most at risk if they did contract the virus, such as nursing home residents or people with multiple serious health problems. However, it should be noted that this distribution plan is going to require breaking across social, ethnic, racial, and economic barriers that exist that cause problems with vulnerable members of our population getting access to healthcare, and there's going to need to be an intentional plan to reach out to vulnerable people in our society to make sure that they get access to the vaccine, and really to address trust issues that exist between these populations and the health care system in general. Bishop: Thank you. This second question also is related to both of you as well: what freedom do Catholics have to take, or not to take, any particular vaccine? Do we have a moral obligation to take or not take one of these COVID-19 vaccines? Fr. Rowe: Ok. Well thank you Bishop, very good question. In general, everyone is permitted to take the vaccine but not necessarily obligated. Now for some, I think there are stronger reasons for them to take the vaccine because of the risk to others if they were to contract the virus, like frontline health care workers. Conversely, those who are at smaller risk to themselves and others can more readily be excused from taking these vaccines. As long as vaccine supplies are limited, I would add that those who are at less risk should let others at higher risk have priority in obtaining the vaccination. Bishop: Dr. Morris, your thoughts on this. Dr. Morris: So there clearly is a moral responsibility for all members of society to promote the public health of our community, and an important aspect of this in contemporary healthcare is getting vaccinated against communicable diseases. Vaccines obviously protect the individual and promote their health, but the more important goal in the eyes of Catholic social teaching is promoting the common good, and this is especially important in light of the fact that some people are unable to get vaccinated for medical reasons.
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