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These are NOT foetal cells but a CELL-LINE DERIVED FROM A FOETUS ABORTED DECADES AGO!! NONE OF THE ORIGINAL FOETAL CELLS EXIST!! #293Cells

Foetal cells are used to make the Oxford coronavirus vaccine. But they came from a foetus in 1973 - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2020-08-2…
#293cells have been used for decades, to grow Adenovirus in cell culture.. It's what's called a CONTINUOUS CELL LINE i.e. it can be propagated continuously via cell culture.
You need a cell culture to grow a virus, in this case an Adenovirus-based #SARSCoV2 vaccine candidate for the #COVID19Pandemic.
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