Do flu vaccines contain aborted fetus?

Animavore · #1 by **Animavore** » Jan 30, 2012 11:46 am

Settle a dispute for me.

mattwilson · #2 by **mattwilson** » Jan 30, 2012 11:48 am

Hahahaha... bookmarking this for the upcoming lulz

surreptitious57 · #3 by **surreptitious57** » Jan 30, 2012 11:55 am

I have absolutely zero idea but
apparently stem cells are removed
from feotuses which is why the religious
are against research in this area - I am not
but do not believe in social abortions so a bit of
moral ambivalence for me on this one unfortunately

ramseyoptom · #4 by **ramseyoptom** » Jan 30, 2012 12:10 pm

As far as I am aware flu vaccines are produced by inoculating the virus into unfertilised chicken eggs as the growth medium.

For injection into humans the virus is partially inactivated.

So to answer your question does flu vaccine contain aborted fetus material? No, but it many contain, however unlikely due to the filtration processes involved, chicken egg. I would not classify unfertilised egg as an embryo, though whether others would is another question. I was assuming they original questioners meant human fetus material.

DoctorE · #5 by **DoctorE** » Jan 30, 2012 12:20 pm

Yea, they are also in the burgers.. and bacon; Fetuses everywhere muuhahaha

Made of Stars · #6 by **Made of Stars** » Jan 30, 2012 12:58 pm

Aborted fetuses are an essential part of the ongoing maintenance of this forum. Just so you know. :coffee:

And the answer is 'no'. What a fuckwitted thing for someone to think - the challenges with sourcing consistent quality of aborted fetus extract are out of this world. Amniotic fluid is much more readily accessible.