Vegetarian Buddhists and Hindus outraged over fact that vaccines contain beef derivatives

‘Malaysian Hindus are calling on the government to provide alternatives to vaccines containing beef gelatin. Their demands were made on behalf of Hindus and Buddhists, who are forbidden by their religions to consume beef, as well as vegetarians who choose not to consume meat at all.
The Malaysian government has recently switched 10 vaccines in its immunization schedule from those containing pork gelatin in favor of those containing bovine gelatin.
Vaccines typically contain either porcine- or bovine-sourced gelatin, which is added as a stabilizer to protect vaccines from extreme conditions, such as heat or freeze-drying. Single vaccine doses may contain as much as 15 mg or more of gelatin.’
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