2006D-0383
  

  
 Characterization and Qualification of Cell Substrates and Other Biological Starting Materials Used in the Production of Viral Vaccines for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases

  


  

  

  


  

  


  

  


  

  


  

  


  

  
FDA Comment Number : 
  

  
EC3149
  



  

  
Submitter : 
  

  
Ms. Susan Henderson
  

  
Date & Time: 
  

  
12/14/2006 01:12:27
  



  

  
Organization : 
  

  
Ms. Susan Henderson
  



  

  
Category : 
  

  
Health Professional
  



  

  
Issue Areas/Comments 
  


  

  


  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
 Dear FDA,

It disturbs me highly that I cannot get a rubella vaccine from ethical sources for my children.  My children did not get a chicken pox vaccine because of the cell line having been derived from aborted fetal tissue. We don't get flu shots because I don't have the time or wherewithall to be researching where they are derived from. Since there are other ethical cell lines available, why should some of the population have to remain unvaccinated because they cannot accept vaccines derived from aborted tissue?  We become at risk and then place others at risk because we may spread a preventable disease (such as the recent mumps outbreak) to those who have not recently had a booster shot.  Please consider having all future vaccinations come from ethical sources so that we can all be safe physically and morally and not be obliged to sacrifice our health and everyone else's.



Sincerely,

Susan A. Henderson, RN