Vaccines: Are They Vegan?

Vaccines Exposed

Vaccines are a branch of pharmaceutical products which we have come to see as common place in our society for at least 200 years (even though their history goes back to far before this) and are regarded by many as necessary to sustain human health. Vaccines work on a fairly simple premise – a person is injected with a substance which provokes an immune response within that person’s body which in turn produces an amount of white blood cells (also called antigens) which would, in future possibility of infection, be capable of fighting a virus or disease within a persons body, affectively making that person immune to the disease they have been vaccinated against. Sounds simple, doesn’t it?

What if I told you, vaccines are not this clear cut? That it isn’t just a matter of immunity or no immunity? What if I told you what chemicals and products are in vaccines which provoke that extreme immune response (called adjuvants)? Would you think any differently about vaccines?

That’s quite a while in the future so let’s look at why I’m writing this blog and what its intentions are. There are literally hundreds of reports on the internet telling people why vaccines are bad for them and what vaccines contain but barely any of these reports are referenced. You only have the choice of taking the information on face value or ignoring it. In this blog, I intend to give you a series of fully referenced reports which expose the vaccination industry and tell you what your doctor would rather you didn’t hear. Where possible, I will use literature from the drug companies who produce the vaccines and medical journals and papers. Where this is not possible, I will use sources which are trusted and reviewed. My intentions are to lay the facts before you, it’s as simple as that. No bias, no lies, no half truths – just cold hard facts.

Report 1 – Are Vaccines Vegan?

This may seem like a strange position to start a report on vaccines from but there is method in my madness. Many people believe vaccines are merely an injection of a diluted strain of a virus, nothing more. This is the first pre-conceived idea I wish to challenge. There are approximately 120 ingredients which make up the list of currently used vaccines which the WHO published in April 2009 [4] (And it is this source I will use for the products contained in each vaccine). Many of these ingredients are chemicals (which will be explained in a later report) but there are other ingredients which are derived from animals. and are subsequently injected into a human body. This practice is not only unethical but it is also highly dangerous. By using animal derived products there will always be a chance that an animal virus can pass into human cells (see Monkey Kidney Cells and Bovine Products further down). Also, vacines do not just contain products derived from non-human animals, but human beings too (see Human Serum Albumin, MRC5 and WI38 cells further down). The ingredients which make up a vaccination are unethical, dangerous, and a direct risk to human health. The following are ingredients derived from human and non-human animals, some of which does not make pleasant reading…

Fetal Bovine Serum/Fetal Calf Serum.

What is Fetal Bovine Serum and Fetal Calf Serum and how is it produced?

Fetal Bovine Serum (also referred to as Fetal Calf Serum) is a pharmaceutical product derived from the blood of an unborn calf. Fetal Bovine Serum is produced by removing the uterus of a mother cow as she is slaughtered at an abattoir and her other internal organs are being removed. The uterus contains the unborn calf. The uterus containing the calf is then transferred to a room called “the blood collecting room” and a needle is inserted between the ribs of the fetus directly into the animal’s heart. The blood is then vacuumed into a sterile collection bag (this process is aimed at reducing the risk of cross contamination and infection). A fetus is only used for this process if it is over the age of 3 months, otherwise the heart is judged to be too small. It is unknown whether the calf has already died from lack of oxygen (anoxia) by the time its blood is drawn but regardless, this process is carried out without any anaesthetic. [1]

What is Fetal Bovine Serum and Fetal Calf Serum used for and why is it in vaccines?

Fetal Bovine Serum and Fetal Calf Serum are used in cell cultures because they are said to cause cells to grow quickly in a medium containing this serum. Thus, a certain amount of Serum will be present in any vaccine which is grown in a culture containing Fetal Bovine Serum. [2]

Casamino Acid.

What is Casamino Acid and how is it produced?

Casamino Acid is a mixture of amino acids which is derived from the hydrolysis of Casein (a process by which water is used to break down certain compounds into lesser compounds – in this case Casein [derived from milk] into Casamino Acid). [3]

What is Casamino Acid used for and why is it in vaccines?

Casamino Acid is used as a growth media in cultures of bacteria, viruses etc[23]. It is used to grown the bacteria and isolating the toxins from that bacteria in the Diphtheria vaccine – “[A] major source of nutrient comes from milk in the form of hydrolysed Casein [Casamino Acid] i.e. smaller part of the milk protein”[4]. Vaccines contain Casamino Acid because it is part of the media used to grow the bacteria with which to obtain the vaccine.

Casein.

What is Casein and how is it produced?

Casein is a protein derived from milk by heating with an acid, by the action of lactic acid or by curdling with rennet[5].

What is Casein used for and why is it in vaccines?

Casein is used for making paints, adhesives and plastics. It is the chief constituent of cheese[5]. Casein also has an ability to form a gel or clot in the stomach which slowly releases amino acids into the blood stream, an effect lasting up to several hours[6].

Casein is used in vaccines as a culture media to grow certain viruses (such as anthrax) due to its high yield of viable spores[7].

Lactalbumin Hydrolysate.

What is Lactalbumin Hydrolysate and how is it produced?

Lactalbumin Lactalbumin “Hydrolysate is the part of milk whey (Lactalbumin – the albumin contained in milk and obtained from whey [8]) which contains protein after it has been broken down in a digestive environment by water “enzymatically hydrolyzed”, effectively meaning it is one of the constituent parts of milk. [9, 10, 11]

What is Lactalbumin Hydrolysate used for and why is it vaccines?

Lactalbumin Hydrolysate is used for “preparing bacterial, insect and mammalian cell culture media”[41] and as an ingredient in other tissue cultures such as those for fermentation or growing specific bacteria[10]. Lactalbumin Hydrolysate is used for these functions because it contains a high content of essential amino acids which stimulate cells to grow[9]. It is present in vaccines because it is used in the culture media to grow the bacteria which will become a constituent of the vaccine.

Galactose.

What is Galactose and how is it produced?

Galactose is a sugar contained in milk. It is one half of the sugar called Lactose (the other half being Glucose). [12]

What is Galactose used for and why is it vaccines?

Galactose is used in vaccines as a cell culture catalyst. It has the ability to speed up production of bacteria which react to the presence of Galactose and it is believed Galactose can increase the immune response a body presents to a vaccine (acting as an adjuvant). However, Galactose does not survive for long in the intestine due to the fact Galactose is already present in this environment. [13]

Lactose.

What is Lactose and how is it produced?

Lactose (also called milk sugar) is a sugar (called a disaccharide because it has two components – galactose and glucose) found in and derived from milk. [14, 15]

What is Lactose used for and why is it vaccines?

Lactose is used in foods, medicines and culture media. Lactose is used in vaccines as a stabilizing agent[15]. To keep both the individual ingredients of the vaccine and the vaccine itself stable (so that the ingredients do not split apart etc) whilst the vaccine is being stored [16, 17].

People with lactose intolerance should not receive vaccines which contain lactose [18].

Gelatin/Hydrolysed Porcine Gelatin.

What is Gelatin/Hydrolysed Porcine Gelatin and how is it produced?

Gelatin is obtained from the skin.white connective tissue, bone collagen or hides of (primarily) pigs or cattle [19,20]

What is Gelatin/Hydrolysed Porcine Gelatin used for and why is it vaccines?

Gelatin is used as a food additive, plasma substitute (also known as blood substitute, a collection of chemicals which are responsible for halting blood loss and increasing blood volume after blood loss), hemostatic (a term for procedures or chemicals which halt blood loss or hemorrhagic bleeding), suspending agent in pharmaceutical preparations and in the manufacturing of capsules and suppositions[19]. Gelatin is used in vaccines as an additive to act as preservative while the vaccine is being stored. Some people can have a severe allergy to Gelatin and are advised not to take vaccines which contain Gelatin as they could become anaphylactic (have a severe allergic reaction)[21].

Glycine.

What is Glycine and how is it produced?

Glycine is a non-essential amino acid which is possibly derived from Gelatin due to the fact that Gelatin (collagen) contains 35% Glycine [22, 23, 24, 25]. Glycine was isolated from Gelatin Hydrolysates in the 1950s[24] but the first isolation of Glycine was in the 1820s[23]

What is Glycine used for and why is it vaccines?

Glycine is added to the cell cultures of certain vaccines (such as the vaccine for Japanese Encephalitis) in order to speed up production of the inactivated virus used to make the vaccine [26].

Bovine Products.

Why do vaccine manufacturers use products derived from cows in their vaccines?

There are numerous sources all over the internet which will tell you that the blood of an unborn calf or the boiled down skeletal muscle of a cow is necessary in order to grow the viruses from which vaccines are derived because of the nutrients contained in those sort of products. Whether that is actually true or not, I doubt vaccine manufacturers will ever tell us but the FDA (the US Food and Drug Administration), has this to say about the use of cattle derived products in vaccines “Cow components are often used simply because cows are very large animals, commonly used for food, and thus much material is available”[27]. So, what are we to believe? That products derived from cows are used for their nutritive properties or are they used simply because many products can be derived from a single animal, making any science obsolete? That is for you to decide, but take a look at the rest of this information before you conceive your view…

Are Bovine Products safe?

There is still very much a fear of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) and CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) transmission to human beings by ingestion of products derived from the bodies of animals infected with these two diseases. You would think that the authorities and the drug companies who create and market vaccines would view regulation and control of any possible BSE or CJD contaminant with the utmost importance… However, “the slaughtering and butchering methods used to obtain tissue and prepare materials can affect the amount of infectivity that may be present [in the products derived from cattle]”[27]. So, it is not only the chance of contaminated cattle which could be a risk to public health but the very slaughtering methods used to obtain the products to be used in vaccines.

Further still, in 2000, it was discovered by the FDA that certain outfits who were producing cow derived products had ignored FDA and USDA regulation and used cattle that were not on any of the USDA regulatory lists meaning the cattle used to produce products used in vaccines could have been contaminated with BSE. This sparked an “inquiry into all licensed vaccines”[27] in 2000. What does this show? That products derived from cows aren’t safe to be used in the field of vaccination? That tighter regulations are required? That public health is intentionally being put at risk by using these products?

Chick Embryo Fibroblasts

What are Chick Embryo Fibroblasts and how are they produced?

Chick Embryo Fibroblasts are sourced from the embryos of fertilised hens’ eggs. When the eggs are past 12 days of fertilisation, they are smashed open to reveal the not yet fully formed embryo. The chick embryo is removed from its shell and the head, limbs and internal organs (heart, lungs, liver and kidneys) are all removed. What is left of the embryo is “minced” and treated with a cocktail of chemicals[28].

What are Chick Embryo Fibroblasts used for and why are they in vaccines?

“Chick Embryo Fibroblasts are used for a variety of research applications and vaccine production”[29]. Chicken Embryo Fibroblasts are used to grow virus strains in[30] as a culture media[31].

Chick (Embryo) Kidney Cells

What are Chicken Kidney Cells and how are they produced?

Chick Embryo Kidney Cells are cells which are derived from chick embryos. There is little information available as to how these cells are actually produced. However, in one study, it was noted that Chick Embryo Kidney Cells were isolated from 5 to 6 day old chickens[32] and that these cells are obtained from “Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) eggs”, basically meaning the eggs used to obtain Chick Embryo Kidney Cells do not contain certain viruses[33]..

What are Chick Embryo Kidney Cells used for and why are they in vaccines?

Chick Embryo Kidney cells are used as a culture media (for growing cells, viruses, biological material in). Chick Embryo Kidney Cells are used in vaccine manufacture for “virus transfection, plaque isolation, passage and propagation” as well as “for growth of the attenuated vaccine master strain” – basically meaning that Chick Embryo Kidney Cells are used in vaccine manufacture to grow the vaccine in and to culture the virus strain before it is used in the actual vaccine[33].

Egg Albumin (Ovalbumin)

What is Egg Albumin (Ovalbumin) and how is it produced?

Egg albumin or Ovalbumin is the protein (called Albumin or Albumen) which is present in egg white[34].

What is Egg Albumin (Ovalbumin) used for and why is it in vaccines?

Egg Albumin or Ovalbumin is used in vaccines “to help the vaccine stay effective while being stored”[21], presumably this means that Egg Albumin prevents coalescence (the different components of the vaccine from splitting apart) but also is presumably present due to the fact that virus strains are grown in eggs and are removed from the embryo of that egg. Some protein is bound to be present in the final product.

Egg/Chicken Protein

What is Egg/Chicken Protein, how is it produced and why is it in vaccines?

Egg/Chicken Protein are the strands of protein left behind in vaccines after the virus strands of the vaccine have been created and propagated in eggs. Many virus strands are propagated in eggs for use in vaccines (such as those for yellow fever, measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) and influenza) because the environment the eggs present make it easier and quicker for virus strains to reproduce in order to be used in mass vaccine manufacture[21]. For information on associated egg allergy, see “Vaccine Production in Eggs” further down.

Vaccine Production in Eggs

How are eggs used in the vaccine production process?

For many years vaccines have been produced in fertilized chicken eggs. Eleven days after the eggs have been fertilized, the influenza virus is injected into the eggs and accumulates in the fluid surrounding the embryo (there are three influenza strains which are injected into these eggs and each influenza strain is grown separately). A high-yielding donor strain is co-injected. The embryo becomes infected so that the virus can multiply. After several days of incubation, machines open the eggs and harvest the virus. Then the virus is purified, chemically inactivated and used to produce the vaccine. On average between one and two eggs are needed to produce one dose of vaccine. The entire vaccine production process lasts at least 6 months[35].

Is using eggs in vaccine production effective?

Drug companies have published several disadvantages of using eggs for vaccine production. These include:

*Extensive planing is required to use eggs in vaccine manufacture. Many millions of eggs need to be found and purchased and it takes a long time to produce the actual vaccine.

*A flu pandemic could probably not be contained and defeated by relying on egg based vaccine manufacture because the production process takes too long and the eggs do not grow on demand.

*The growth of epidemic viruses (such as influenza) in eggs results in variants that are antigenically distinct from the original viruses. Basically meaning, the viruses grown in eggs are not the same as the virus you are likely to contract in your everyday environment.

*Emerging endemic viruses sometimes do not grow at all in eggs, meaning the entire virus in egg production process has been a waste of time on these occasions[35].

Are vaccines produced in eggs safe?

Due to the fact that the viruses which are used in vaccines are grown in and derived from eggs, there will always be a chance of people who already suffer from an egg allergy reacting badly to vaccines such as MMR or influenza. There is severe concern about giving the MMR vaccine to children since it is derived from egg based culture and children under the age of two (which MMR is administered to) are at the highest risk of developing an egg allergy at such a young age. Around two years old is when egg allergy is most common in children and due to this, there is a high likelihood of your child suffering an anaphylactic reaction to such vaccines. An anaphylactic reaction is a severe allergic reaction which can include shock and coma[36].

There is also a chance of developing an allergic reaction from the flu (influenza) vaccine due to the fact that this vaccine too is derived from eggs and therefore is likely to contain some amount of egg protein. It is estimated that 1.6% of children in the USA may suffer from egg allergy, but this allergy is more common in children that it is in adults[37].

If a person is suspected of having egg allergy, they should be skin tested to the flu vaccine to determine whether they will suffer an allergic reaction or not. If your doctor insists that you are to take the flu vaccine, regardless of high risk of severe allergic reaction, the vaccine should be administered in the office of an allergy specialist who should be able to treat you for the reaction you will suffer[37].

Mouse Serum Proteins

What are Mouse Serum Proteins and why are they in vaccines?

Mouse Serum Proteins are present in one vaccine for Japanese Encephalitis (see JE-VAX in a later article) because the Japanese Encephalitis virus is propagated by injecting the virus into the brains of mice, waiting for the virus to fully infect the brains of the mice, then harvesting the virus and treating it with several chemical processes before using the treated virus to create the vaccine[38, 39, 40].

Monkey Kidney Cells/Tissue

What are Monkey Kidney Cells used for and why are they in vaccines?

Monkey Kidney Cells are used in the production of the Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine (see IPOL in a later Article or carry on reading). There are three different strains of poliovirus which are grown in order to create the vaccine and all of these strains are grown individually in a constant line of Monkey Kidney Cells (also called Vero cells)[41, 42]. The poliovirus is then extracted from these Monkey Kidney Cells and grown in a medium supplemented with Newborn Calf Serum[43].

Are Monkey Kidney Cells a safe method of vaccine production?

What is the connection between SV-40 and Monkey Kidney Cells?

In 1959, Bernice Eddy discovered that Polio vaccines being administered throughout the world contained an infectious agent capable of causing cancer[44, 45]. In 1960, Drs Ben Sweet and M.R. Hillieman, of the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research, were credited with discovering this infectious agent – SV-40, a simian virus that infected nearly all of the monkeys whose kidneys were used to produce Polio vaccines. Hilleman and Sweet found SV-40 in all three types of Albert Sabin’s live oral polio vaccine, and noted the possibility that it might cause cancer, “especially when administered to human babies.”[46, 47]

Further research into SV-40 uncovered even more disturbing information. This cancer-casuing virus was not only ingested via Sabin’s contaminated oral sugar-cube vaccine but was directly injected into people’s bloodstreams as well. Apparently, SV-40 survived the formaldehyde (also known as formalin) Salk used to kill microbes that defiled his injectable vaccine[48]. Indeed, some sources note that it was Grist who found that the level of formalin (formaldehyde) that was used in the manufacture of the Salk vaccine was not sufficient to inactivate the SV-40 virus[49]. Experts estimate that between 1954 and 1963, 30 million to 100 million Americans and perhaps another 100 million or more people throughout the world were exposed to SV-40 through ill-conceived Polio eradication campaigns[50, 51].

Studies in eminent journals throughout the world appear to confirm that SV-40 is a catalyst for many types of cancer[52-70]. It has been found in brain tumors and leukaemia[71]. In 1996, Michele Carbone, a molecular pathologist at Chicago Loyola University Medical Centre, was able to detect SV-40 in 38% of patients with bone cancer and in 58% of those with mesothelioma, a deadly type of lung cancer[72-74]. Carbone’s research indicates that SV-40 blocks an important protein that normally protects cells from becoming malignant[75]. In 1998, a national cancer database was analysed: 17% more bone cancers, 20% more brain cancers, and 178% more mesotheliomas were found in people who were exposed to SV-40 tainted Polio vaccines[76].

Perhaps the most alarming aspect of this ongoing simian virus debacle can be found in other studies suggesting that SV-40, introduced to humans through the Polio vaccine, can be passed from human to human and from mother to child. A study of nearly 59,000 women found that children of mothers who received the Salk vaccine between 1959 and 1965 had brain tumors at a rate 13 times greater that mothers who did not receive that Polio vaccine[77, 78].

Another study published in the US medical journal “Cancer Research” found SV-40 present in 23% of blood samples and 45% of semen taken from healthy subjects[79,80]. Apparently, the virus is being spread sexually and from mother to child in the womb. According to biology and genetics professor Mauro Tognon, one of the study’s authors, this would explain why brain, bone and lung cancers are on the rise – a 30% increase in US brain tumors alone over the past 23 years – and why. SV-40 was detected in brain tumors of children born after 1965 who presumably did not receive Polio vaccines containing the virus[81,82].

Despite official denials of any correlation between Polio vaccines, SV-40 and increased cancer rates[83], by April 2001, 62 papers from 30 laboratories around the world had reported SV-40 in human tissues and tumors[84]. The virus was also discovered in pituitary and thyroid tumors, and in patients with kidney disease[85].

Do Monkey Kidney Cells carry any other threats to human health?

SV-40, the cancer-causing monkey virus found in Polio vaccines and administered to millions of people throughout the world, was just one of the numerous simian viruses known to have contaminated polio vaccines[86-88]. “As monkey kidney culture is host to innumerable simian viruses the number found varying in relation to the amount of work expanded to find them, the problem presented to the manufacturer, is considerable, if not insuperable.” One early vaccine researcher wrote to a congressional panel studying the safety of growing live Poliovirus vaccine in monkey kidneys[89], and later said “As our technical methods improve we may find fewer and fewer lots of vaccine which can be called free from simian virus.”[90]

According to Harvard Medical School Professor Ronald Desrosier, the practice of growing Polio vaccines in monkey kidneys is “a ticking time bomb.”[91]. Evidently, some viruses can live inside monkeys without causing harm. But if these viruses were to somehow cross species and enter the human population, new diseases could occur. Desrosier continued: “The danger in using monkey tissue to produce human vaccines is that some viruses produced by monkeys may be transferred to humans in the vaccine, with very bad health consequences.”[92]. Desrosier also warned that testing can only be done for known viruses and that our knowledge is limited to about “two percent of existing monkey viruses.”[93].

Virus detection techniques were crude and unreliable during the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s when Polio vaccines were initially produced and dispensed. It wasn’t until the mid 1980s that new and more sophisticated testing procedures were developed[94,95].

What about today’s vaccine, are monkey kidney cells still such a threat?

Despite the Polio vaccine’s long history of animal-virus contamination, today’s inactivated shot is manufactured in much the same way as earlier versions: “The viruses are grown in cultures of a continuous line of monkey kidney cells… supplemented with newborn calf serum… The vaccine also contains two antibiotics (neomycin and streptomycin) plus formaldehyde.”[96].

In Canada, the inactivated Polio vaccine is produced in human fetal tissue[97] (for more information see Human Fetal Tissue further down).

In other parts of the world, new, highly virulent strains of Polio – caused by mutations and “recombinations” within the oral polio vaccine – are inducing unprecedented outbreaks of paralysis and death[98-101].

Human Serum Albumin

What is Human Serum Albumin and how is it produced?

Human Serum Albumin is derived from human blood given by donors who are screened for Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV and CJD[102]. Human Serum Albumin is produced by fractionating blood plasma proteins from these donors[103].

What is Human Serum Albumin used for and why is it vaccines?

Human Serum Albumin is used as a tissue culture supplement for applications (such as growing viruses) which require additional supplementation than what is present in the original cell culture. Protein in the form of Albumin, which makes up the majority of the protein present in blood serum and reproductive tract fluid, is added to tissue culture media because it is thought to maintain the stability of the cells which are being grown. Protein, in the form of a patient’s serum or albumin has been used extensively in media for IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation), GIFT (Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer – a form of fertility treatment), ICSI (Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection – another form of fertility treatment), embryo culture, embryo transfer, cryopreservation, and sperm washing for IUL[102].

Are there any risks involved with using Human Serum Albumin?

Between 15 January 1998 and 30 January 1999 a batch of oral Polio vaccine was distributed in Ireland. This batch was later discovered to have contained Human Serum Albumin produced from a blood donation made by a person with Creutzfeld Jakob Disease (CJD). There were no cases of CJD reported as an outcome of this incident, but the risk still arises of this incident repeating itself[104].

MRC-5/WI38 DNA and Cellular Protein (Human Fetal Tissue/Human Diploid Cells)

What is MRC-5/WI 38 DNA and Cellular Protein and how is it produced?

MRC-5 DNA and Cellular Protein is a continuous cell strain (or cell line) which is derived from the lung tissue of a male 14 week old (gestational age) aborted human fetus. The cells were collected from the fetus in September 1966 and the cell line established in a culture medium which included salt solution and calf serum, The culture medium which is used to culture the MRC-5 cell line contains calf serum[105].

WI 38 DNA and Cellular Protein is a continuous cell strain (or cell line) which is derived from the lung tissue of a female 3 month old (gestational age) aborted human fetus. The cell line was developed in Juy 1962. The culture in which WI 38 DNA and Cellular Protein is produced includes fetal bovine serum[106].

What is WI38/MRC5 DNA and Cellular Protein used for and why is it vaccines?

Both MRC-5 and WI 38 DNA and Cellular Protein are used in vaccine manufacture as a cell culture because both these cell lines are susceptible to a range of human viruses which makes them a medium in which to grow the viruses used to create vaccines[105].

Which vaccines are these products present in?

The following is a list of all vaccines which the CDC lists as being actively used in the population[107] which has been sorted by animal or animal derived ingredient to give you an understanding of which vaccines contain which animal derived products:

Bovine Serum/Fetal Calf Serum/All Bovine Extracts:	(Chicken Pox) Varicella – Varivax
	(Typhoid) Oral-Ty21a
	(Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Perussis Vacine Adsorbed) Tripedia
	(Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis) DTaP – Infanrix
	(Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis) Tdap – Boostrix
	(Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Haemophilus Influenzae b) DTaP/Hib – TriHIBit
	(Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio) DTaP/IPV – Kinrix
	(Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B, Polio) DTaP/HepB/IPV – Pediarix
	(Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, Haemophilus Influenza b) DTaP/IPV/Hib – Pentacel
	(Diphtheria/Tetanus) DT – Sanofi
	(Tetanus/Diphtheria) Td – Decavac
	(Rotavirus) RotaTeq
	(Rabies) RabAvert
	(Pneumococcal) Pnemovax
	(Measles/Mumps/Rubella) MMRII
	(Measles/Mumps/Rubella/Chicken Pox) MMRV
	(Japanese Encephalitis) Ixiaro
	(Inactivated Polio Vaccine) IPV – Ipol
	(Hepatitis A) Vaqta
	(Shingles aka Herpes Zoster) Zoster – Zostovax


Casamino Acid:	(Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis vaccine) DAPTACEL

Casein:	(Typhoid) Oral – Ty21a

Lactalbumin Hydrolysate:	(Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis/Polio) DTaP/IPV – Kinrix
	(Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis/Hepatitis B/Polio) DTaP/HepB/IPV – Pediarix

Galactose:	(Typhoid) Oral – Ty21a

Lactose:	(Typhoid) Oral – Ty21a
	(Meningitis) Meningococcal – Menomune
	(Tuberculosis) BCG – Tice

Gelatin:	(Shingles aka Herpes Zoster) Zoster – Zostovax
	(Chicken Pox) Varicella – Varivax
	(Yellow Fever) YF – VAX
	(Typhoid) Oral Ty21a
	(Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Adsorbed) Tripedia
	(Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis/Haemophilus Influenzae b) DTaP/Hib – TriHIBit
	(Measles/Mumps/Rubella) MMRII
	(Measles/Mumps/Rubella/Chicken Pox) MMRV
	(Japanese Encephalitis) JE – VAX
	(Influenza) Fluzone

Chick Embryo Fibroblasts:	(Measles/Mumps/Rubella) MMRII

Chick (embryo) Kidney Cells:	(Influenza) Flumist

Egg Albumin (Ovalbumin):	(Influenza) Afluria
	(Influenza) Fluarix
	(Influenza) Flulaval
	(Rabies) RabAvert

Egg/Chicken Protein:	(Yellow Fever) YF – VAX
	(Rabies) RabAvert
	(Influenza) Flumist
	(Influenza) Fluzone
	(Influenza) Fluarix
	(Influenza) Flulaval
	(Influenza) Fluvirin


Mouse Serum Proteins:	(Japanese Encephalitis) JE – VAX

Monkey Kidney Cells/Tissue:	(Inactivated Polio Vaccines) IPV – Ipol
	(Smallpox) Vaccinia – ACAM2000
	(Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis/Polio) DTaP – IPV
	(Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis/Hepatitis B/Polio) DTaP/HepB/IPV – Pediarix

Human Serum Albumin:	(Rabies) Imovax
	(Measles/Mumps/Rubella) MMRII
	(Measles/Mumps/Rubella/Chicken Pox) MMRV
	(Smallpox) Vaccinia – ACAM2000

MRC-5 DNA and Cellular Protein:	(Measles/Mumps/Rubella/Chicken Pox) MMRV
	(Hepatitis A) Havrix
	(Hepatitis A) Vaqta
	(Combined Hepatitis A and B) Twinrix Adult
	(Shingles aka Herpes Zoster) Zoster – Zostovax
	(Chicken Pox) Varicella – Varivax
	(Diphtheria/Tetanus/Pertussis/Haemophilus Influenzae b) DTap/IPV/Hib – Pentacel

So what conclusion can we reach from all this information?

First and foremost, we must realise from all this information that vaccines are most certainly not vegan. I have heard people (even vegans) say that they don’t care whether a vaccine is tested on animals or not, they’ll still take it. So perhaps it is time to look at what is actually being injected into your veins. Would you willingly have calf’s blood injected into your veins? Would you willingly have egg yolk injected into your veins? Would you willingly have monkey kindey cells sprayed into your nose? This is what you get when you take a vaccine. Of course, it is still down to the individual whether they agree to be vaccinated or not, but it is imperative that you take into consideration what you are being injected with and what the health consequences are of this. Animal derived products carry a very high risk of creating a global pandemic within the human population by creating situations in which animal diseases could easily pass the species barrier between animals and humans (such as SV-40) with disasterous consequences…

Check back on this blog for more details about vaccinations, such as how vaccines have not been instrumental in controlling any diseases and how diseases can really be controlled. Stay tuned!!

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