Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C5WrzUdr3Tr/ Those who religions’ dietary laws forbid the ingestion of any foods or proteins from pigs often use this prohibition as the reason for rejecting the use of vaccines including the measles vaccine for their children and themselves.  It is true that many vaccines do use porcine gelatin, but there is an alternative. The Priorix Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine contains beef rather than pig gelatin.  Studies have shown that Priorix is as effective and safe a vaccine as those that contain pig gelatin. So…. If you adhere to kosher or Halal food laws, ask your child’s or your own medical team about Priorix.  You can protect your family and your community by preventing the spread of communicable disease and still be faithful to your religious beliefs. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/recs/grade/mmr-PRIORIX-etr.html #mmr #vaccine #measles #pork #beef #gelatin #halal #kosher #muslim #judaism