Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

The customs and beliefs of various religious groups seem to contradict certain components of a particular vaccine. The following information covers some of these topics and provides links to articles / web pages that extend these issues.

Several vaccines contain pig-derived components. The religion for the use of pork products may be uncomfortable. Below is the information and link to deal with these problems.

"Gel gel formed by bone changes in impure animals, skin, tendons is pure and allowed to eat judicially." In 1995 the decision of the Islamic Medical Science Organization, the Arabic language in 1995 [ Link to full text]]

Gelatin: If you do not have a substitute, you can eat gelatine because you eat it in a form you can not eat.

The two cell lines currently used for vaccines are derived from abortion abroad performed in the 1960s, WI - 38 from Germany in 1961, and MRC - 5 from England in 1966. Many well-thought out articles on the moral and religious aspects of using these human cell lines (see link below)

· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Reconfirmation: reaffirmation: not only for your child, more specifically to avoid serious risk of health of the entire population, especially pregnant women's health Moral reflection [link to the full text]

"Due to health hazards of children, parents can use vaccines developed using illegal raw cell lines, everyone will show differences of opinion and use other kinds of vaccines "Dignitas Personae Guide on Specific Bioethical Issues in 2008 [Link to Full Text - near the end of section 35]

Grabenstein JD. Ethical consideration for certain viral vaccines Christ Pharm 1999; 2 (2): 3-6. [Can not be used online]

Mynors G, Ghalamkari H, Beaumont S, Powell S, McGee P. Drugs from pigs, and alternatives to them: 2004 Getting Started Guide. National prescription center [Link (may require password)]

A: Among vaccine preventable diseases, such as pertussis, varicella, etc., there are still common in the United States. On the other hand, other vaccine preventive vaccines are no longer common in the country for vaccines. However, if you stop vaccinating, the few cases in the US will soon be in the tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. Vaccines Many serious diseases that can be prevented are not common in the United States, but some diseases are common in other parts of the world. Even if your family does not have a trip overseas, you can contact travelers from overseas anywhere in the area. Children who have not been vaccinated with all vaccines and have been exposed to this condition may become severe and spread throughout the community.

The vaccine can prevent diseases of vaccinated people and protect people who come in contact with people who have not been vaccinated. Vaccines help prevent infection and save lives. This vaccine controls many of the common infections in this country including polio, measles, diphtheria, pertussis, rubella (epidemic measles), mumps, tetanus, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) . Each child is born with a complete immune system consisting of cells, glands, organs and body fluids spreading in their bodies against invading bacteria and viruses. The immune system recognizes bacteria invading the body as "foreign" intruders or antigens and produces proteinaceous substances called antibodies to fight against them.

When bacteria and virus reach a group of people who are not immune to bacteria, the disease will occur. When talking about vaccine preventable diseases such as measles, yellow fever, meningitis, cholera etc, this means that bacteria have found that a few people are receiving too little vaccination. In other words, the low vaccination rate indicates that there is a high risk occurring in the population of people. However, the low vaccination rate rarely spurs the urgency and focus of publicity to eliminate disease targets.