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Re:Chicken vaccine makes its virus more dangerous (2015) by gibba999 on Friday July 23, 2021 @12:08PM (#27932276)
Where did you get that definition of a vaccine?

Few vaccines, historically, worked perfectly.

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Re:Chicken vaccine makes its virus more dangerous (2015) by a_conservative on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:38PM (#27934165)
From the article:

> It’s important to note childhood vaccines for polio, measles, mumps, rubella and smallpox aren’t leaky; they are considered “perfect” vaccines.

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Re:Chicken vaccine makes its virus more dangerous (2015) by Wowfunhappy on Friday July 23, 2021 @03:28PM (#27934655)
Some vaccines (including those) are basically perfect, but they're a minority. It also doesn't logically follow that anything which isn't perfect isn't a vaccine.
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