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The vaccines were never purported to be 100% effective, and all the data and information was clear that they had lower effectiveness against Delta, and even low
by Taywee 5y ago
The vaccines were never purported to be 100% effective, and all the data and information was clear that they had lower effectiveness against Delta, and even lower against Omicron.
If people told you that the vaccines would lower your chances of contracting every known major variant and lower your chances of a serious illness, they were right. If they told you that the vaccines were guaranteed to completely prevent every variant of the virus, they were lying to you. If you heard the former but interpreted it as the latter, that's on you.
- bigyellow 5y agoI guess that's why they changed the definition of "vaccine", huh?
- Taywee 5y agoWhat did "they" change the definition from and to, and why is it a problem for you?
- bigyellow 5y agoLook it up. > According to an archived version of the dictionary's website, Merriam-Webster formerly said a "vaccine" was "a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease." > The new definition of "vaccine", published in May, reads: "a preparation that is administered – as by injection – to stimulate the body's immune response against a specific infectious agent or disease." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/11/30/fact-check-merriam-webster-changed-vaccine-definition-accuracy/6354415001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/11/30/fac... A vaccine that doesn't provide immunity - in other words, not a vaccine, but instead of admitting that, let's change the definition.
- decebalus1 5y agoIs it just me or are we getting a lot of new(ish) accounts posting blatant COVID misinformation and/or flamebait lately?