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everyone here is bringing up the covid vaccines again and conveniently forgetting that the WHO was literally changing the definition of what a vaccine is at the same time as the covid vaccines was being rolled out just so it would qualify as a vaccine
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Anonymous 2d

And they were also using refrigerated produce trailers in NYC because they didn’t have enough morgue space for all the bodies. The development of these vaccines were a historic scientific achievement and those usually have some flaws, doesn’t mean they weren’t breakthroughs. Find me any trustworthy virologist who says we shouldn’t have developed and used that vaccine

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Anonymous 2d

This guy when there’s a change in the medical field.. utter shock. Everyone who knows anything about healthcare, a normal Tuesday

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Anonymous 2d

You’re not inherently wrong noticing that these updates came right as the Covid vaccine was rolled out. Could that simply be because they were in the midst of a massive vaccine initiative and they wanted to be as accurate and transparent as possible to the public? Do you have any other tangible evidence of this perhaps being more than an update to scientific definitions? I’m struggling to see the connections you are but am very open to listening to your thoughts and seeing your perspective.

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Anonymous 2d

sure

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Anonymous 2d

How did they change the definition? Like what aspects did they tweak in order to include the Covid vaccines within the umbrella?

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Anonymous 2d

it comes up even in a simple google search

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2d

that's google ai that is not a source

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2d

you’re right it absolutely is. you’re more than welcome to find the sources 😂 i was just showing the information does exist. i’m not going a full deep dive just to convince you and find a full source

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2d

ai is not proof it exists. you made a claim, back it up.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2d

https://youtu.be/5lglnnqXgxE?si=AEigFVdDiPWkTado https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8656271/ there’s a cute little video summarising it for you and an actual research paper in case you wanna go on your own deep dive x i found several news articles too but i figured you’d probably find some objection to that (im not well versed on american news articles n which ones yall accept and which ones you don’t)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2d

I mean I really don’t consider this a huge deal. This was well known, considering people get the flu vaccine and sometimes still get the flu

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2d

i popped a few links down but essentially they removed the word “immunity” and replaced it with “stimulate the body’s immune response against” or words to that affect. the word for word is in the links i popped down

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2d

for sure but then you start looking at other factors and taking them into account. for example, if that discrepancy was unnecessary to change prior to covid, why was it so important for it to be changed just as the vaccines rolled out? there’s a lot more that was going on behind the scenes that most mainstream media pushed to the side so people wouldn’t connect certain dots as easily.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2d

your video didn't come up and all i see in the article is them changing the wording to be more accurate to what vaccines actually do.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2d

What are the other factors?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2d

How are they different? Imo it sounds like the definition was refined to be more accurate to real life - the flu vaccines, measles vaccines, etc. all stimulate an immune response in the body. None of these vaccines make someone 100% immune (they instead help establish herd immunity), so it’s kinda misleading to say it is in a definition of what a vaccine is I’m open to hearing what you think tho

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2d

maybe my link was wrong. i can put down a screenshot for the video if you’d like n you can search it read the article slightly closer. these articles can be quite dense to read but you’ll see it. just gotta read beyond the surface

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2d

i read the article. all it proves is that the definition has been changed to be more scientifically accurate. that isn't proof of anything other than science getting more accurate.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2d

The WHO has a page last revised in 2025. It still links to a “how do vaccines work” video from 2020 that uses a definition that’s valid today https://youtu.be/zoHOigIp94Q

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2d

Literally god forbid we change definitions a bit so that they are updated to modern times and are easier to understand 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2d

i thought they'd be happy it's more accurate now 😭 i'm personally glad that things get updated as we research them and develop them

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2d

That’s consistent. That’s how vaccines have always worked. They don’t just magically provide immunity

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2d

absolutely! i’m in australia atm so give me a couple of hours (middle of the day for me) but ill get back to you soon

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2d

I’m actually not sure what that paper (“Vaccination terminology: A revised glossary of key terms including lay person’s definitions”) was supposed to prove tbh. I don’t see anything about the agencies changing the definitions. In fact they literally make their own definitions and show how those are much easier to understand than the ones from the health agencies

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2d

It sounds like you’re conflating a cure with a vaccine tbh, otherwise why are you so hooked on them making the definition more accurate (even if the timing is coincidental)?

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 2d

I mean in some cases it wasn’t coincidental and they specifically needed to change it because the old one was way too specific like “contains a weakened or inactivated form of a virus or bacteria”, and that didn’t cover mRNA vaccines. I have no clue why they didn’t change it before when that definition didn’t fit protein subunit vaccines (Hep B, Gardasil, and shingles). I guess they just never noticed it or figured it was already sufficient for laypeople

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2d

Ahh I appreciate you, I didn’t realize that the previous definition already conflicted with some vaccines; but I could really see it being something along the lines of what you said about them thinking the previous definition was sufficient enough for laypeople, especially with how big of a disconnect in terminology there is

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1d

Just wanted to check in on those other factors btw

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