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Vaxx hesitancy decline + Stabbed preacher update + Ban harmed Muslim American health - C C - Jul 30, 2021
(US) Vaccine hesitancy is declining in religious communities
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2021/07/29/vaccine-hesitancy-declined-among-faith-groups-survey-241141
INTRO: A new survey finds vaccine hesitancy has fallen among Americans overall and among all religious subgroups in just three months, with many who once balked saying they embraced inoculation against COVID-19 at the urging of faith leaders... (MORE)
(UK) Met Police are slammed for failing to catch knifeman five days after he stabbed Christian preacher, 39, in Charlie Hebdo T-shirt at Speaker's Corner in front of 30 witnesses in broad daylight
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9843541/Police-slammed-failing-catch-knifeman-stabbed-Christian-preacher.html
KEY POINTS: An estimated 30 witnesses saw Hatun Tash, 39, being slashed across the face in broad daylight at Hyde Park. Some filmed attack which left her covered in blood on Sunday and local area is packed with CCTV cameras. Scotland Yard are believed to be meeting today to discuss how they police Speakers' Corner going forward. But questions are now being asked of Met about how knifeman got away so easily after stabbing preacher... (MORE - details)
(US) Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ harmed health of Muslim Americans, study finds
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/924053
INTRO: When former President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order in 2017 banning Muslims from select countries from traveling to the United States, the sweeping decree quickly rippled down to affect health outcomes for Muslim-Americans, Yale researchers say.
A new study by the Yale School of Public Health and partner institutions found that a significant number of people in the Muslim community in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area skipped their primary care appointments after the ban, and there was also an increase in their visits to the emergency department.
The findings, published July 30 in the journal JAMA Network Open, provides evidence that an abrupt change in federal immigration policy can directly affect health outcomes among people residing in the United States legally. The study is one of the first to measure the causal impact of how policy changes such as these may affect Muslim American immigrant and refugee communities... (MORE)