Interesting Psak: women can take the vaccine against husband's wishes

Kikar is reporting that a group of fertility experts and others went to Rav Chaim Kanievsky to discus the issue of women getting vaccinated. Initially it was thought that the vaccine might cause fertility problems - I think this was debunked, but I am not sure how much they really know at this point. Still, with several pregnant women going into critical condition from the virus over the past week or two, it has become crucial to come to a decision as to how women should proceed .

Rav Kanievsky paskebned for this group of questioners that nursing women should get vacicnated. Pregnant women should get vaccinated, even if they had CoronaVirus already more than 6 months prior. Anyone who does not take the vaccine is considered to be causing danger to others.

A wife can take the vaccine even if her husband does not want her to.

Women who do not want to get vaccinated should understand it is pikuach nefesh and must get vaccinated.

I haven't brought the various piskei halacha on getting vaccinated. Most rabbis seem to be saying to take the vaccination while those who do not are mostly pointing to the conspiracy theories rather than actual good reasons. Rav Chaim Kanieevsky's psak here isn't the standard "take the vaccine" psak but relates to women specifically ignoring their husbands wishes and taking it anyway because of pikuach nefesh. That makes this psak special.

Wishing good health to all and hopefully the vaccine will help the world put the pandemic into the history books.

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