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Is this cruel?(read first, please)
  Yes, definatly!
  Yes, I'm not getting a flu shot until they stop useing eggs
  Ya, but people come first
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So_Whateverz

PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:34 pm



Flu shots are made from eggs! And they use ferilized eggs. Not ones that cruel people eat, but ones that actually have a baby chicken inside!

"The viruses that are used to prepare flu vaccine are grown in eggs."
"Those who should avoid the flu vaccine include:
Persons with a history of allergic reactions to eggs."
http://www.medicinenet.com/flu_vaccination/page2.htm

They are considering a new method, but it will take a few years.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/21/news/fortune500/egg/
PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:59 am


Well, at least they're trying a new way to do it. It's better than nothing, I suppose.

Hlessirah

Dapper Vegetarian


#1animemaster

PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:47 am


THATS CRUEL!!!!yeah but you never know what the gov. means when they say theyre tryin*uses finger quotes*theyre just saying that so people dont complain anymore stare
PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:12 am


I'm kind of in the middle. The egg is unhatched, right? So the egg never really experienced life? sweatdrop On the other hand, the chick could have hatched and lived. sweatdrop sweatdrop I don't know. I think it would have been definately cruel if they used hatched chicks. sweatdrop sweatdrop sweatdrop I do hope they come up with a new way though.

Nori Ninja

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