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hedda_foil

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9. When Salk invented the vaccine, there was no access to cells from aborted fetuses.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 4, 2015, 01:46 PM

Oct 2015

Illegal abortions meant that using fetal tissues from abortions was both highly illegal and highly incriminating to any doctor who was even peripherally involved. Doctors could lose their medical licenses. So fetal tissues had to come from miscarriages, not abortions.
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can anyone help me with this RWinger's comment on Facebook? [View all] CTyankee Oct 2015 OP

His brain Turbineguy Oct 2015 #1

The HeLa cells from Henrietta Lacks were in fact used to develop large amounts of the vaccine Brickbat Oct 2015 #2

Huh I thought it was all Simian cells? (Nt) Recursion Oct 2015 #3

How about this: mahina Oct 2015 #4

THIS! procon Oct 2015 #6

Bravo! smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #8

Jonas Salk original vaccine was indeed created by using those cells as they lasted a long time LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #5

When Salk invented the vaccine, there was no access to cells from aborted fetuses. hedda_foil Oct 2015 #9

unfriend Lil Missy Oct 2015 #7

I can't because he isn't my friend, he's the friend of my friend who is a good guy. CTyankee Oct 2015 #11

Helpful info: Facility Inspector Oct 2015 #10

thanks. I'll see if I can find what I need... CTyankee Oct 2015 #12