Editing MMR vaccine (section)

== Society and culture ==
=== Religious concerns ===
Some brands of the vaccine use [[gelatin]], derived from [[pig]]s, as a [[Stabilizer (chemistry)|stabilizer]].<ref name="PHE" /> This has caused reduced take-up among some communities,<ref name="PHE" /><ref>{{cite news |vauthors=Pager T |title='Monkey, Rat and Pig DNA': How Misinformation Is Driving the Measles Outbreak Among Ultra-Orthodox Jews |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/nyregion/jews-measles-vaccination.html |access-date=14 April 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 April 2019 |archive-date=14 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414053524/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/nyregion/jews-measles-vaccination.html |url-status=live }}</ref> despite the fact that alternative vaccines without pig derivatives are approved and available.<ref name="PHE">{{cite web |title=Vaccines and porcine gelatine |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751199/Vaccines_porcine_gelatine.pdf |publisher=[[Public Health England]] |access-date=14 April 2019 |date=August 2015 |archive-date=14 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414103713/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751199/Vaccines_porcine_gelatine.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>