We’ve heard from many of you, asking about the new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine that was recently approved by the FDA for emergency use and that will soon be distributed here in Pennsylvania. Many already know that unlike what is being offered by Moderna and Pfizer, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine only requires one shot and does not utilize mRNA technology. But primarily why we have been contacted by many of you has been to learn whether the vaccine was developed or tested using aborted fetal cell lines.
The following chart, from our friends at Charlotte Lozier Institute, is a great resource on these issues.
- COVID-19 Vaccines & Fetal Cell Lines – an infographic description of how fetal cell lines are sometimes used to produce vaccines.
