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keep_left

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18. But the case concerns the objection to the vaccines, which use an utterly ubiquitous technology...

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #16)

Thu Jun 30, 2022, 03:45 PM

Jun 2022

...used in almost every medical discovery since the '60s. HEK and similar cell lines are used in labs absolutely everywhere for more things than you can imagine.

I'm not a lawyer, I just work with them, or rather they do work for me (patent attorneys), but this just looks like an absurd case. I would really like a qualified attorney to explain it to DUers.

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Clarence Thomas suggests Covid vaccines are derived from the cells of 'aborted children' [View all] Javaman Jun 2022 OP

I would strongly encourage him not to take any vaccines, and go into large crowds without a mask JohnSJ Jun 2022 #1

I would do the opposite atreides1 Jun 2022 #5

The Supreme Court... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #2

Bizarre! empedocles Jun 2022 #4

Definitely... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #7

Yeah, a very predictable moron. emulatorloo Jun 2022 #3

STFU, Clarence. LuckyCharms Jun 2022 #6

He should be impeached. FeelingBlue Jun 2022 #8

Clarence Thomas is a fucking idiot. GoCubsGo Jun 2022 #9

And he's a justice in the USA . . . . Lovie777 Jun 2022 #10

Actually, some of the cells used in creating/testing the COVID vaccine were HeLa cells... woodsprite Jun 2022 #11

Read what he actually said. It is factually accurate. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #12

Remember the vaccine mandate exemption from Conway Health System? keep_left Jun 2022 #13

He wasn't objecting to the COVID vaccines. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #16

But the case concerns the objection to the vaccines, which use an utterly ubiquitous technology... keep_left Jun 2022 #18

I am an attorney - which is why I explained what he actually said - Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #21

Thank you for explaining this. It just seems absurd... keep_left Jun 2022 #22

It actually has even more basis than the potential for overturning settled law. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #24

As expected from the holy (in his mind) Thomas. Progressive dog Jun 2022 #14

Then he must be very happy that those "aborted children" saved Chump's life FakeNoose Jun 2022 #15

It has to be true blueinredohio Jun 2022 #17

That was my very first though Javaman Jun 2022 #20

Lazy ignorant asshole repeats what he heard on Fox News dalton99a Jun 2022 #19

Get the net BlueIdaho Jun 2022 #23