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by josephcsible 1441 days ago
> Which part of the new definition do you disagree with as being a valid definition for a modern vaccine?

Isn't the fundamental point of a vaccine to protect you from a disease? Because that's exactly the part of the definition they removed.
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wizofaus 1440 days ago
Where are you seeing that? And clearly the fundamental point of current COVID vaccines is to protect you from disease (they may not help much preventing you from catching it, but they certainly protect you once you have caught it).
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josephcsible 1440 days ago
Here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20191111050113/https://www.cdc.g...

https://web.archive.org/web/20220205010915/https://www.cdc.g...

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wizofaus 1440 days ago
Wow, that is...weird. I can't imagine why anyone felt there was a need to make that change.
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