# "Trump’s Covid Treatments Were Tested in Cells Derived From Fetal Tissue"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-covid-treatments-were-tested-in-cells-derived-from-fetal-tissue/922531>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 9, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-covid-treatments-were-tested-in-cells-derived-from-fetal-tissue/922531 "2020-10-09T00:16:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-covid-treatments-were-tested-in-cells-derived-from-fetal-tissue/922531/21 "2020-10-12T01:26:40Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> I’m talking about reactions of hard-core right-wing evangelicals who don’t think, who swallow whatever dogma they’ve been fed without question, who are incapable of really understanding **what** they believe or **why** they believe it.
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> I suspect the info that stem cells from ABORTIONS(!) were/involved in any part of treatment development will come as a brain-tilting shock and their heads will likely explode.

You _suspect_ that, huh? Well, that’s just super! I _suspect_ that, no, they’ll be able to shrug a little easier than you, uh, suspect.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-covid-treatments-were-tested-in-cells-derived-from-fetal-tissue/922531/22 "2020-10-12T09:29:01Z")

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Huh? Ya lost me.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-covid-treatments-were-tested-in-cells-derived-from-fetal-tissue/922531/23 "2020-10-12T15:15:02Z")

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> [@Monty](#):
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> They probably don’t realize that his medical care is also 100% socialist.

To paraphrase Nixon: “If the President does it, it’s not socialist.”

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-covid-treatments-were-tested-in-cells-derived-from-fetal-tissue/922531/24 "2020-10-13T18:13:17Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> It’s not hypocritical to say, “Abortion is wrong, but since the fetuses are already dead, one might as well use them.” {…}

Now if we could only figure out _which_ side opposes this entirely reasonable position we’d be able to put an end to such stupidity . . . if only.

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