COVID vaccine: Is it safe, ethical? | The Mark Harrington Show | 12-10-20

<p>The Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) recently published a new chart detailing whether the eight leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates supported by Operation Warp Speed are produced or tested using cells derived from abortions. The vaccine candidates evaluated are those produced by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, Sanofi/GSK, Inovio, and Merck.</p> <ul><li>See chart here: <a href='https://bit.ly/2W43CnX'>https://bit.ly/2W43CnX</a></li> </ul> <p>CLI's analysis found that most vaccine candidates did not use abortion-derived cell lines in their production. Several used abortion-derived cell lines in laboratory testing, or their use in testing could not be determined.</p> <p>On today’s episode of The Mark Harrington Show, Mark interviews CLI Vice President Dr. David Prentice. </p> <p>Dr. Prentice answers these questions:</p> <ul><li>How do viruses attack us, and how vaccines are made and work to defend us?</li> <li>What about the ethics of vaccine development; what are the areas of concern?</li> <li>Charlotte Lozier Institute has published a chart with lots of information on the COVID-19 vaccines.  What are some of the key features and what should people focus on?</li> <li>For these vaccines, you highlight both Production as well as Testing of the vaccines; what’s the difference?</li> <li>The Warp Speed program was designed to produce vaccines against COVID-19 quickly; should we be concerned about the speed, especially now that we have two vaccines being review for approval?</li> </ul> <p>CLI's expert scientific analysis finds that many leading vaccine candidates supported by Operation Warp Speed do not use abortion-derived cell lines in their production. This is encouraging news.</p> <p>Unfortunately, some vaccine developers have unnecessarily put American families in a difficult position by choosing to use controversial human fetal cell lines in production or testing, or by a lack of transparency.</p> <p>The Mark Harrington Show is on Mark’s Facebook, Twit