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False analogies and pseudoscience as “moral arguments” against the use of fetal cell lines to manufacture vaccines

Post author By Orac
Post date October 11, 2019
23 Comments on False analogies and pseudoscience as “moral arguments” against the use of fetal cell lines to manufacture vaccines

Using fetal cells to grow virus for vaccines

Antivaxers frequently object to the use of fetal cell lines to manufacture vaccines on “moral” grounds. Über-quack Joe Mercola lays down some astonishingly bad moral arguments based on pseudoscience.

Tags aborted fetal cells, aborted fetal tissue, antivaccine, bioethics, embryo, fetal cell lines, fetal DNA, fetus, Joe Mercola, Maurice Hilleman, MRC-5, polio, quackery, SV40, Theresa Deisher, vaccines, WI-38

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