Comments on: Scientists Say Plant-Based COVID-19 Vaccines Are Faster, Cheaper, And Safer: But Are They Vegan?

By: Lulu

Lulu — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 20:54:58 +0000

Something is not being considered here. (Apart from no vaccine ever being needed when there are more than enough alternatives) – injecting a substance is different to ingesting or applying topically. Breathe air and you are fine. Inject it and you get pain; if it enters the bloodstream, death. Injecting substances is linked to allergies and anaphylaxis – hence peanut butter allergy. Start injecting plant substances and you create an entire generation of people allergic to natural foods. This is insanity. We need to look less at new vaccines and more at what actually makes people healthy.

By: Stella

Stella — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 01:13:48 +0000

I agree with many of these comments… I’m wondering if anyone can please help with a query? Since this one has fish (or possibly shark) derived ingredients – does anyone know where novavax get the ingredients for their matrix-m adjuvant? They say tree saponin which is fine – but where do they get the “cholesterol and phospholipid”? I can’t find this anywhere. Does anyone know? (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5899102/). Thanks so much <3

By: Bettina Rossi

Bettina Rossi — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 07:25:05 +0000

This is the most opportune moment to

By: Bettina Rossi

Bettina Rossi — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 07:23:57 +0000

By: Bianca Di Meglio

Bianca Di Meglio — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 06:31:07 +0000

instead of pushing vaccinations govs should push for veganism.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 06:32:18 +0000

These vaccines sadly are not vegan or vegetarian to my knowledge. The information on the adjuvant is here on the GSK website. Says that they use squalene from fish.

“Manufacturing our adjuvant
We have scaled up manufacturing of our pandemic adjuvant across our global network to support the adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccines in development through our collaborations.

Adjuvant ingredients are derived from a number of sources. Research to explore viable alternatives to fish-derived squalene, which is an essential ingredient of our pandemic adjuvant system, is ongoing. However these alternatives are not currently available.”

https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/resource-centre/our-contribution-to-the-fight-against-2019-ncov/

By: Stella

Stella — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:43:38 +0000

I was so disappointed when I researched this. My understanding is that they are using a GSK adjuvant which contains squalene from fish.

By: Maggie442

Maggie442 — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:31:00 +0000

I work in this area. Animals are used not just to test vaccines but for develop them, too. There aren’t ‘alternatives’ per se and the animals are very effective in that role. That said, jt is obviously a moral imperative to move away from their use by funding alternatives research. Vaccines in particular are reprogramming someone’s immune system and unless the recipe is just right you end up making the patient more susceptible to the disease. About half of what gets animal tested would kill a human volunteer so getting volunteers beyond that enthusiastic first wave might be challenging.

By: VeganNatureQueen

VeganNatureQueen — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:32:48 +0000

I agree 100% JoeAceJR. there are so many alternatives so like wth. I guess the government just wants to annoy us for not partaking in the buying of there animal derived foods and what not, they want there money… but yeah why not test on mass murdering criminals or something. human cells is also a good idea. plus even if it works on animals there bodies are still different from ours and can react differently to there tests the only way to know if it will work on humans is to test it on willing people.

By: JoeAceJR

JoeAceJR — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 09:49:31 +0000

The covid plant based vaccine was already tested on animals before phase 1 even started, that’s how vaccines work, unless there’s a counter source that states otherwise. Just test the vaccine on the worst of the worst prisoners first instead of innocent animals. Or test on a clump of human cells. Then move onto the trials.

Or just skip right to the trials. If people are willing to take the vaccine before its approved, there is ZERO reason for animal testing. They are already signing up to be injected with something that isn’t even approved yet.