Regarding the national news brief “The diocese that won’t host vaccination clinics” in the Dec. 3  issue: Why is the Diocese of Madison being slandered as “anti-life” for simply letting parishioners make their own decision on whether to get vaccinated or not? It is not a sin of omission not to endorse something we now know is not as “safe and effective” as originally led to believe.

— David Walter, Downey