Thursday, June 18, 2009

Swine Flu

The only reason we are discussing vaccines is because we know that many vaccines are made from aborted fetuses. This is a clear right to life issue because abortion is our thing. Some comfort in the pandemic we are living through with the swine flu is that the newly developed vaccine for the swine flu is being made using ethical cell lines. 

On Friday, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced, it had created an experimental dog kidney cell based technology, which relies on chicken eggs. Too bad for those who are allergic to eggs.

Over thirty countries have reportedly requested supply of the vaccine. In fact the US Dept of Health and Human Services placed a 289 million dollar order with Novartis last month.

Other companies, such as Sanofi Pasteur and Medimmune, are using aborted fetal cell lines as their cell culture. What this means is that concerned families, who may not have used the swine flu vaccine because of the aborted fetal cell line, have a moral choice.

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