[scouter]

Thank you for sharing that experience with us, gas_dr.

I have been reluctant to sign up for the vaccine for two main reasons. I hope you can provide some insight.

1. Were embryonic stem cells used in any way in the development of this vaccine?
2. It is my understanding that this vaccine was developed using mRNA, and that such a vaccine has never been approved for human use before. Is that true, and if so, what are the risks associated with these types of vaccines that are different from other vaccines?

[steve86]

“Were embryonic stem cells used in any way in the development of this vaccine?”

Pfizer did not use fetal stem lines for development but did for testing.

[gas_dr]

1. I am not aware that there were direct embryo stem cells used in the synthesis of the platform. I was concerned about this as well and could discuss the ethics of it all day long, but there were no stem cell products from abortions as a direct part of this injection. I do believe that there was some early research that may have used stem cells. I am protestant of a conservative denomination and ran it by my pastor who said it would not be sinful for me to take this vaccine.

2. The actual vaccine has mRNA in it. This is a new platform for vaccination, but understanding the science it is a very elegant solution. There is no way that the mRNA can interface with the DNA of my cells. All that will happen is the vector will randomly find several cells and release the mRNA that codes for spike protein antibodies into the cellular cytosol (DNA is in the nucleus, this cannot access the nucleus) and eventually hit upon the ribosomes, and dump out antibodies to C-19 spike protein which is the Achilles heel of this virus. It is also my understanding that the second injection will drive T-cell and memory immunity which is why this is such an effective vaccination.

[TexasGator]

1. No.

2. It appears these vaccines are safer and more effective.