{"id":59444,"date":"2022-03-11T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/?p=59444"},"modified":"2022-03-08T01:55:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T06:55:12","slug":"a-pro-life-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/geneveith\/2022\/03\/a-pro-life-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pro-Life Vaccine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/305\/2022\/03\/vaccine-6649559_1280.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-59633\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/305\/2022\/03\/vaccine-6649559_1280-1024x733.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"733\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2022\/february\/novavax-covid-vaccine-cell-lines-pro-life-abortion-christia.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Novavax<\/a> is an anti-COVID vaccine that has been submitted to the FDA for approval.\u00a0 Developed by a Maryland biotech company, Novavax is already in use in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/covid-vaccine-novavax-asks-fda-authorize-adults-rcna14199\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">170 countries<\/a>, including the UK and here in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/health\/2022-02-15\/novavax-covid-19-vaccine-what-we-know\/100828062\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is a traditional protein vaccine, similar to today\u2019s flu shots, as opposed to the new-style mRNA vaccines developed by Moderna and Pfizer.\u00a0 Novavax is derived from moth cells.\u00a0 The company says it is showing 90% effectiveness.<\/p>\n<div id=\"premium-content\">\n<p>But here is what makes Novavax distinctive:\u00a0 It was made with no use of fetal tissue or cell lines from aborted fetuses.<\/p>\n<p>That cannot be said of some of the other vaccines.\u00a0 Moderna and Pfizer are not made of fetal cell lines, but the testing process did make use of them.\u00a0 Pro-life groups, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nidlcms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCMS-COVID-Vaccine-Fact-Sheet-1-22-2021.pdf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">LCMS<\/a>, generally believe Moderna and Pfizer vaccines can be taken ethically, though not those of AstraZeneca or Johnson &amp; Johnson.\u00a0 But many pro-lifers believe that the way they were tested makes Moderna and Pfizer problematic also.<\/p>\n<p>But, according to the company,\u00a0\u201cNo human fetal-derived cell lines or tissue, including HEK293 cells, are used in the development, manufacture or production of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text\">Pro-life activist Abby Johnson, a critic of other vaccines, hailed this development.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIt is my understanding that (Novavax) has been used successfully in several countries with a high efficacy rate,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is also my understanding that there are not any ethical concerns regarding Novavax, which is hopeful for pro-lifers who have avoided the vaccine due to those objections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some pro-lifers cite a scientific study that said fetal cell lines were used in all vaccines including Novavax.\u00a0 But the company insists that this is not true, that the data cited in the paper \u201cdid not include our vaccine protein, and is completely independent of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some opponents of vaccines, such as Robert Kennedy, are less hostile to Novavax because its approach using proteins is more conventional and less experimental than the mRNA shots.\u00a0 Those can cause the rare side effect of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart, but Novavax does not.<\/p>\n<p>So here is my question:\u00a0 Those of you opposed to the COVID vaccines, would you consider getting Novavax, once it becomes available, <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/03\/07\/fourth-covid-vaccine-novavax-anti-vax-protein-mrna\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">possibly in a few weeks<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HT:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2022\/february\/novavax-covid-vaccine-cell-lines-pro-life-abortion-christia.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christianity Today<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/mohamed_hassan-5229782\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=6649559\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">mohamed Hassan<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=6649559\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pixabay<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novavax is an anti-COVID vaccine that has been submitted to the FDA for approval.\u00a0Already in use in 170 countries, it is a traditional, non-experimental vaccine that claims to be 90% effective. 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