I guess it's changed again since those first days. Oh and until recently, this was the definition of "vaccine."
Also, this:
According to an archived version of the dictionary's website, Merriam-Webster formerly said a "vaccine" was "a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease."
Now it says this:
The
new definition of "vaccine", published in May, reads: "a preparation that is administered – as by injection – to stimulate the body's immune response against a specific infectious agent or disease."
In September, the CDC changed its vaccine definition from “a product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease” to "a preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases,"
according to the Miami Herald.
So yes, prior to "recently" this was the definition of a vaccine. T he COVID products may be similar to "flu shots" but they aren't vaccines - I don't personally see them PREVENTING disease at all, but hey, that's just my take.
But clearly, words change and meanings change. Just don't act like this "vaccination" prevents disease because I don't see that it does that. It MAY decrease the severity but I don't see any evidence that it prevents COVID from happening to someone.
As of 2022, 6 in 10 deaths attributed to COVID were in vaccinated and boosted people.
This post explores why the share of COVID-19 deaths among those who are vaccinated has risen, Factors include a rising share of the population that is vaccinated, waning immune protection and low uptake of boosters, and changes in immunity among the unvaccinated.
www.kff.org