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Re:Pfizer 91% effective in updated data, protective against ... by vmception on Thursday April 01, 2021 @01:17PM (#26663418)
The main distinction is that saying genetic engineering doesn't convey a shared concept.

The point of language is to convey a shared concept and by saying genetic engineering nobody knows if you are a useful idiot for disinformation campaigns or just being unspecific in a way that nobody uses the term.

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Re:Pfizer 91% effective in updated data, protective against ... by 99_00 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @03:52PM (#26665222)
"Yes, some COVID vaccines use genetic engineering. Get over it." - Cornell Alliance for Science.

https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2020/12/yes-some...

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Re:Pfizer 91% effective in updated data, protective against ... by vmception on Thursday April 01, 2021 @06:20PM (#26666941)
I'm glad you found an article that matches an obscure academic use of the term, retroactively, as you started this thread with a question.
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Re:Pfizer 91% effective in updated data, protective against ... by 99_00 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @06:32PM (#26667070)
That's not what happened.

When I google "vaccine reprogram cells" it is on the first page. So, not sure how obscure it is.

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Re:Pfizer 91% effective in updated data, protective against ... by vmception on Sunday April 04, 2021 @04:56PM (#26692765)
I'm saying you started this thread with a question because you didn't already know the answer

and then you found an academic use of the term that matches your conclusion after being challenged about the obscurity of the use of the term. this is an obscure use of the term "genetic engineering" which would be limited to academic circles.

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Re:Pfizer 91% effective in updated data, protective against ... by Redoubts on Thursday April 01, 2021 @04:50PM (#26665852)
Interesting. Looks like they're talking about the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine which uses a reengineered virus as a delivery mechanism.
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Re:Pfizer 91% effective in updated data, protective against ... by 99_00 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @06:40PM (#26667147)
It also says the BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna vaccines put mRNA into the cell. But I don't think it say how it's done.
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