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Re:Is the US's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System broken? by HideousKojima on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @04:14PM (#38282590)
If anything, vaccine is a misnomer for the Covid shots. Maybe prophylactic is more accurate?
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Re:Is the US's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System broken? by ben_w on Thursday November 16, 2023 @12:59PM (#38293001)
Vaccines can be prophylactic, or therapeutic (to fight a disease that has already occurred, which also includes some cancer treatments). Only some vaccines offer full sterilising immunity.
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