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Wikipedia defines a vaccine as "a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease." It's not currently possibl
by bm3719 5y ago
Wikipedia defines a vaccine as "a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease."
It's not currently possible to be vaccinated, and calling our current treatment a "vaccine" is incorrect.
- namdnay 5y agoI don’t understand your point. It’s a vaccine, you get vaccinated, your body produces antibodies, your risk of catching the disease goes down, your risk of ending up in hospital nearly disappears
- ctyc 5y agoAnything is possible when you decide to change the definition of what something means. The CDC used to define “vaccinated” as “the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.” They changed that key word in the definition to “protection”, so sure if you move the goalpost on what something is, you absolutely can call this a “vaccine” and not an MRNA treatment!
- namdnay 5y agoOk sure, it gives 95% resistance, not 100% resistance. So? Do we not mandate seatbelts because they only save your life 95% of the time?
- 323 5y agoPrevious vaccines didn't provide "immunity" in that sense either. The annual flu vaccine had 60% efficiency. Yet people didn't complain about it being called "vaccine".