Michael O’Loughlin: Should Catholics feel comfortable being vaccinated against Covid-19?
Dr. Moira McQueen: I think they should feel very comfortable. Especially since these first vaccines that have been developed comply with what many of us are calling ethical vaccines. Some people have raised legitimate questions. As it happens, with Pfizer and Moderna being among the very first [vaccines approved], that relieves that particular problem for most people.
Could you briefly explain what some of those ethical concerns could have been and why they aren’t part of these two vaccines that are expected to be available pretty soon?
The main problem for many people is that so many pharmaceuticals and vaccines are made using either cells from aborted fetuses or from destroyed human embryos or from tissue from aborted fetuses. Since we feel so strongly about the importance of life from conception until natural death, to use products that are based on parts of human bodies that’s just t
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