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2025-07-01 15:18:36 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 93D7442DBA621CE66152DE2A4B6973B6843A1F25C523A0921C127C5241E82BEA
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Thimerosal, the mercury-based preservative in question, A) is safe, and B) was already removed from most vaccines outside of a handful of multi-dose flu vials (which is <4% of total supply), due to a phaseout via the 1997 Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/about/thimerosal.html https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/safety-availability-biologics/thimerosal-and-vaccines https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-thimerosal-why-most-vaccines-dont-contain-mercury-anymore/
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