Catholic Leader Placed on Ventilator for Covid-19 After Saying Vaccines Could Have Microchips – Gizmodo

Burke has been a far-right figure in the church for years, recently making headlines for blaming the Catholic church’s systemic sexual abuse of children over many decades on gay people.

It’s not clear if Cardinal Burke was vaccinated against covid-19, despite his extreme anti-vaccine views, but so-called breakthrough cases do happen. But getting vaccinated reduces your chance of getting serious disease or even dying from covid-19, a message that most mainstream Catholics have embraced.