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Then these shouldn't be called vaccines.

• thallium205 4y ago
  • bawolff 4y ago
    This seems straight up false.
  • refurb 4y ago
    That's not true. They are therapeutics are reviewed the same as drugs. The FDA's vaccine division does not review these therapies.
• lkrubner 4y ago
  These are vaccines. They train the immune system to respond a particular way to particular proteins: that is a vaccine, full stop.
• NegativeLatency 4y ago
  What basis is there for saying that? There are many vaccines that can be given after exposure, for example the rabies vaccine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies_vaccine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies_vaccine
  • Izkata 4y ago
    Vaccines are for preventing the disease. Even for rabies, if you get it after the symptoms begin, it's too late.
    • nvrspyx 4y ago
      > A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease. While most are prophylactic, it's not a requirement to be considered a vaccine. Vaccines are not "meant to prevent a disease". They're meant to provide immunity to the disease, whether that be before (prophylactic/prevention) or during (therapeutic/treatment).
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    • irjustin 4y ago
      But before symptoms you still have it so it's not only for preventing disease. Vaccines are used to teach/modify your immune system to fight something. Whether you have it or not is not part of the definition[0]. [0] a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease.
    • asadotzler 4y ago
      Web search for "therapeutic vaccines." You're missing about half the picture.
    • satvikpendem 4y ago
      You are conflating your personal definition with the medical world's.