A new study published in a peer-reviewed international journal proposes that “conscientious objection” is adequate reason to refuse mRNA vaccines as a preventive treatment against COVID-19.
The study was published on Aug. 23 in the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research. Its five co-authors include Dr. Patrick Provost and Dr. Nicolas Derome—two professors who were recently suspended by Quebec’s Laval University for questioning the need to vaccinate children against COVID-19.
According to the study, some vaccines—such as Sinovac Biotech’s CoronaVac and Bharat Biotech BBV152—were produced on the basis of traditional technology using inactivated virus, while other injectable formulations were based on viral vectors—such as the vaccines produced by AstraZeneca, Janssen, and CanSino Biotech—or experimental genetic products based on mRNA as developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna….