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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
The guidance from the Catholic Church has been to seek out vaccines that have been developed without the use of fetal stem cells wherever possible.

Thank you for that info. It is good to know that there are some that don't do that.

Now we need a clean MMR vaccine.
13 posted on 08/21/2020 3:14:58 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Dr. Sivana; 2aProtectsTheRest
The guidance from the Catholic Church has been to seek out vaccines that have been developed without the use of fetal stem cells wherever possible.

wherever possible.

Really?

That little caveat says it all.

15 posted on 08/21/2020 3:33:48 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Measles and mumps both have FDA approved alternatives which were developed using ethical cell lines. Just Rubella that doesn’t have one approved for use in the US. Japan has one available, but it isn’t approved here.

For Catholics, the governing document around vaccines and fetal stem cells is here: https://www.immunize.org/talking-about-vaccines/vaticandocument.htm

The gist is you have a moral and ethical responsibility to see out vaccines which have not used fetal stem cells in their development. If such a vaccine is not yet available, you must weigh the greater good (is this a vaccine for something that has a high prevalence in your region and is the particular medical risk to you and your loved ones such that not getting it would present a grave danger?) If taking the problematic vaccine prevents a greater harm to you or your family, you are permitted to do so, but then your responsibility becomes advocating for an ethical alternative to be developed, produced, and approved for use.


34 posted on 08/21/2020 10:28:20 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest
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