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Robert F. Kennedy Jr, The United States’ Top Public Health Official, RECENTLY CLAMED Some Religious Groups Avoid The Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine Because it Contains “Aborted Fetus Debris“and” DNA Particles “.
The us is facing its worst measles outbreaks in Years with Nearly 900 Cases Across The Country and Active Outbreaks in Several States.
At the Same Time, Kennedy, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Continues to ERODE TRUST IN VACCINES.
So What Can We Make of His Latest Claims?
There’s no fetal debris in the mmr vaccine
Kennedy Said “Aborted Fetus debris” in mmr vaccines is the real many religious people refuse vaccination. He Refercif Specifically to the Mennonites in Texas, Deeply Religious Community, Who Have Been Among the Hardest Hit by the current measles outbreaks.
Many Vaccines Work by Using a Small Amount of An Attenuated (Weakened) Form of a Virus, Or in the Case of the MMR Vaccine, Attenuated Forms of the Viruses That Cause Measles, Mumps and Rubella. This are the imamune system a Safe Opportunity to Learn How to Recognize and Response to These Viruses.
AS A RESULT, IF A Person Is Later Exposed To the current infection, Their Immune System Can React Swiftly and Effectively, Preventing Serious Illness.
Kennedy’s Claim About Fetal Debris Specifically Refers to the Rubella Component of the MMR Vaccine. The Rubella Virus is Generally Grown in a Human Cell Line Known as Wi-38Which was originally derived from lung tissue of a single elective abortion in the 1960s. This Cell Line Has Been Used for Decades, and No New Fetal Tissue has Been Used Since.
Certain VACCINES FOR OHER DISEASESSuch As Chickenpox, Hepatitis a and Rabies, have also ben made by Growing the Viruses in Fetal Cells.
These Cells Are Used Not Because of Their Origin, But Becuse They Provide the Stable, Safe and Reliable Environment for Growing The Attenuated Virus. They serve only as Growth Medium for the Virus and They Are Not Part of the Final Product.
You Might Think of the Cells The Virus-Producing Factories. Once the virus is gunar, It’s extraced and purified as parts of a rigor process to meet strict safety and quality standards. What Remains in The Final Vaccine is the Virus Itself and Stabilizing Agents, But not Human Cells, Nor Fetal Tissue.
So Claims About “fetal debris” in the vaccine are false.
It’s also Worth Noting the World’s Major Religions Allow the use of vaccines Developed from Cells Originally Derived from fetal tissue when there are no alternative products available.
Are there fragments of dna in the mmr vaccine?
Kennedy Claimed the Mennonites’ Reluctance to Vaccinate Stems From “Religious Objections” To What He He described as “A Lot of Aborted Futus Debris and DNA Particles” In the MMR Vaccine.
The Latter Claim, About the Vaccine Containing DNA Particles, Is Technically True. Trace Amounts of DNA Fragments From the Human Cell Lines Used to Produce the Rubella Component of the MMR Vaccine May Remain Even After Purification.
However, with this claim, There’s an implication that these fragments pose to health risk. This is false.
Any DNA That May Be Present In This Vaccine Exists in Extremély Small Amounts, Is Highly Fragment and Degraded, and is Biological Inert – That is, IT Cannot Causes Harm.
Even if, Hypothetically, Intact DNA Were Present in the Vaccine (Which It’s Not), It Would Not Have the Capacity to Cause Harm. One Common (But Unfounded) Concern is That Foreign DNA Could Integrate with a Person’s Own DNA, and Alter Their Genome.
Introducing DNA INTO Human Cells in a Way That Leads To Integration Is Very Difficult. Even when scientist are deliberalyly trying to this, for them, in gene therapyit Requires Precise Tools, Special Viral Delivery Systems and Controlled Conditions.
It’s also important to reminder our bodies are Exposed to Foreign DNA Constantly, Through Food, Bacteria and Even Our Own Microbiome. Our Imamune System Routinely Digests and Disposes of this Material Without Incorporating It Into Our Genome.
This question has Been Extensively Studied Over Decades. Multiple Health Authorics, Including Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administrationhave Addressed the misinformation regarding perceived ham from residual dna in vaccines.
Ultimately, The Idea That Fragment DNA In A Vaccine Could Cause Genetic Harm is False.
The Bottom Line
Redm as Kennedy Would have you Believe, There’s No Fetal Debris in the MMR Vaccine, and the Trace Amounts of DNA Fragments That May Remain Pose on Health Risk.
What the Evidence Does Show, However, Is That Vaccines Like the MMR Vaccine Offer Excellent Protection Against Deadly and Preventable Diseases, and Have Saved Millions of Lives Around the World.
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