There are three vaccines that have been approved in Canada and one that is probably going to be offered.
Based on information from the Lozier Institute (link) Table 1 outlines the moral status of the vaccines that are either approved or likely to be available in Canada.
As noted earlier, the use of the vaccines to prevent disease in ourselves or for the common-good is a morally good act. Being inoculated by a morally tainted vaccine would constitute a remote cooperation with the evil of the murder of the innocent whose body was used to create the cell-line.
As such for sufficient reason it is morally licit to be inoculated with a morally tainted vaccine. I will detail our obligations in a subsequent post.
Something that is new is the introduction of vaccines whose production is untainted, but who employed tainted cell-lines in testing.
Table 1. Vaccines Available or Pending in Canada |
Series Links
Making Moral Vaccine Decisions - Part A: Guiding Principles
Making Moral Vaccine Decisions - Part B: Situation
Making Moral Vaccine Decisions - Part C: Moral Issues
Making Moral Vaccine Decisions - Part D: Vaccine Safety and Efficacy
Making Moral Vaccine Decisions - Part E: Vaccines In Canada
Making Moral Vaccine Decisions - Part F: Our Obligations
Making Moral Vaccine Decisions - Part G: Conclusion and Resources
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