It primes the immune system to be vigilant for certain patterns. That's a vaccine. It is not altering genes, it's not gene therapy. It is not otherwise boost

It primes the immune system to be vigilant for certain patterns. That's a vaccine. It is not altering genes, it's not gene therapy. It is not otherwise boosting the immune system, it's not immune therapy. The fact that it's target isn't realistically transmissible has no bearing on it's nature. We don't give people rabies vaccine to people to keep them from spreading it, either. In humans the R0 for rabies is exceedingly close to zero in any society that understands what rabies is.