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	Podcast:		WNPR
	Episode:		How One Waterbury Pastor Is Making A Faith-Based Case For Getting The Vaccine
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:02:03
	Publish Date:		2021-04-01 22:55:00
	Description:		Pastor Antwaun Richardson says he regularly preaches to his church members that God is not visible, but evidence He exists, is. Richardson sees evidence of God in the coronavirus vaccine. Sitting in the red velvet pew of Zion Baptist Church in Waterbury, Richardson said, "This vaccination is a step of faith, much like the step of faith we have to take in God." As he spoke, a vaccine clinic distributed 50 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine to members of the Waterbury community in the church basement below. Richardson said he’s seen some vaccine hesitation in his congregation. But he’s been asking those members to have the faith "that although we can’t see what it does in our body, we have to trust that everything is going to be alright." Connecticut currently ranks fifth in the nation for percentage of the population with vaccinations initiated. Still, there have been clear racial disparities in the roll out. Data released Thursday show that around 25.5% of white residents in the
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