faith vs. medicine theme

We are asked what society should do when some peoples' faith clashes with state of the art medical science and therefore puts public health at risk to lesser or greater extent.

Examples

A contemporary debate rages in some places about the use of vaccination.

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StoryLevelMotivation
bbf1x10 choice The story centers a conflict between Franklin and an alien husband and wife who, for religious reasons, forbade Franklin from preforming a life-saving surgery on their dying child.
bbf2x18 choice The Markab put everyone on Babylon 5 at risk with their stubborn refusal to see the Drafa Plague, of which they were carriers, in a practical light. They instead maintained that the plague was a form of divine punishment.