View this video with a transcript. For a more detailed description of the history related to the use of fetal cells, please read our article about the book, The Vaccine Race , by Meredith Wadman from the April Vaccine Update. For an interview about the use of fetal cells to make the rubella vaccine, view this video interview, Stanley Plotkin: Pioneering the use of fetal cells to make rubella vaccine.
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You should not use it to replace any relationship with a physician or other qualified healthcare professional. For medical concerns, including decisions about vaccinations, medications and other treatments, you should always consult your physician or, in serious cases, seek immediate assistance from emergency personnel. Questions about Children and Youth. Second Dose. Vaccine Effectiveness. Vaccine Facts vs. Vaccine Info. However, such a cell line was used to test the efficacy of both vaccines.
Saahir Khan, an assistant clinical professor of infectious diseases at the University of Southern California, said in a phone interview about the Pfizer shot. Khan said it is very common to use such cell lines somewhere along the way in the research or development of vaccines and other medicine for humans.
He said such cell lines, started decades ago, are grown in labs — so the cells being used for research are not the original cells. Vaccines for chickenpox and other diseases also use this type of process. These cells came from tissue obtained from two fetuses that were legally and electively aborted in the early s. The cells continue to grow in a laboratory and are still used to create some vaccines today. Since the s, no additional fetal cells have been harvested to use in the creation of vaccines.
People who are opposed to vaccines because of religious reasons or personal ethics can get alternative vaccines made from animal cells instead of human cells. If you have concerns about any vaccination recommended by your doctor, talk to them about it. Your doctor can help you learn more about what's inside the vaccine.
Doctors can also provide you with information about alternative vaccines created from animal cells instead of human cells.
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