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can you elaborate on how “vaccine” has been redefined in the past few years?

niknoble 4y ago
Apparently the CDC literally changed its definition. From the Miami Herald (but you can check against other sources): > Before the change, the definition for “vaccination” read, “the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.” Now, the word “immunity” has been switched to “protection.” The term “vaccine” also got a makeover. The CDC’s definition changed from “a product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease” to the current “a preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases.” Webster dictionary broadened its definition too. From USA Today: > Merriam-Webster revised its "vaccine" definition to replace "immunity" with "immune response."
- epakai 4y ago
  What were non-immunizing vaccines called before? I've seen "intramuscular virus injection", but I don't think that was ever a layman's term. Have we not always had the concept of sterilising immunity, and therefore non-sterilising immunity? To me this is just nuance being exposed, and word definitions being updated to include that nuance.
  - the_third_wave 4y ago
    They were called "non-immunising vaccines". viz. this article from 2001: Development of a non-immunising, paraspecific vaccine from attenuated pox viruses: a new type of vaccine https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12578306/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12578306/
mixmastamyk 4y ago
Why is the grandparent flagged/dead for an arguably innocuous comment, that others are allowed to make? I've seen this a lot recently, wonder what is going on?
- the_third_wave 4y ago
  Probably the same as what is happening at Wikipedia, over-zealous users have taken it upon themselves to police certain topics and punish certain users for expressing their opinions which go against the desired narrative.

Apparently the CDC literally changed its definition. From the Miami Herald (but you can check against other sources): > Before the change, the definition for “vaccination” read, “the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.” Now, the word “immunity” has been switched to “protection.” The term “vaccine” also got a makeover. The CDC’s definition changed from “a product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease” to the current “a preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases.” Webster dictionary broadened its definition too. From USA Today: > Merriam-Webster revised its "vaccine" definition to replace "immunity" with "immune response."

epakai 4y ago
What were non-immunizing vaccines called before? I've seen "intramuscular virus injection", but I don't think that was ever a layman's term. Have we not always had the concept of sterilising immunity, and therefore non-sterilising immunity? To me this is just nuance being exposed, and word definitions being updated to include that nuance.
- the_third_wave 4y ago
  They were called "non-immunising vaccines". viz. this article from 2001: Development of a non-immunising, paraspecific vaccine from attenuated pox viruses: a new type of vaccine https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12578306/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12578306/

mixmastamyk 4y ago

Why is the grandparent flagged/dead for an arguably innocuous comment, that others are allowed to make? I've seen this a lot recently, wonder what is going on?

the_third_wave 4y ago
Probably the same as what is happening at Wikipedia, over-zealous users have taken it upon themselves to police certain topics and punish certain users for expressing their opinions which go against the desired narrative.