I didn't know that. This is kind of terrifying.
1) A couple of generations ago, there was lots of research on "RNA memory" -- which speculated that memory was stored in some cellular manner throughout an organism's body. There were lots of experiments, but nothing definitive, although the "general belief" of the scientific community turned against the idea.
2) There _continue_ to be anecdotal reports in general literature that people who get tissue transplantsof various kinds often report "false" memories that "feel" as if they come from the tissue donors. (These are usually dismissed as adverse reactions to the anti-rejection drugs.)
3) Little more than a week ago, British science magazine New Scientist reported a fantastic story of Bizarre Chemical Discovery Gives Homeopathic Hint-- which describes how tiny amounts of a substance in a fluid may cause serious, strange changes to the fluid...
As if it weren't horrifying enough to use aborted children to create drug treatments, the reality seems to be that nobody really knows the actual effects of injecting people with processed chunks of other people.
I believe I would refuse such treatment. I'll bet, however, that in the event of any outbreak, people who refuse will be rounded up and dealt with very seriously.
Mark W.
If push comes to shove, I am sure the Catholic bishops would have something to say about it, so I'll look for their input. I know Rome would not go along with anything like that. I do follow Rome in matters of faith and morals even though I have a few problems with certain things.
">In the U.S. today the following vaccines are fetal derived with no other source available...
I didn't know that. This is kind of terrifying."
The information has been publicly available for a long time; the chickenpox one in particular goes back to the 1960s. People are now going to decide to get indignant about something they could have known about all along, if they had cared to find out.