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Re:Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine works better than thought by bawolff on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @07:38PM (#38777686)
> by definition a vaccine should NOT be a treatment

Umm. You have never heard of rabies or tetnus vaccines?

This is not a change in definition.

Re:Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine works better than thought by phpisthebest on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @07:56PM (#38777830)
I am aware of them, these also should not be called vaccines.
Re:Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine works better than thought by woodruffw on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @08:00PM (#38777860)
This is a bullet you can bite, but it’s inconsistent with your original point: the tetanus and rabies vaccines have long been called vaccines, undermining any claim that we’ve somehow only recently redefined the word “vaccine.”

Edit: to be clear, this kind of argument is only slightly less asinine than arguing that a vaccine isn’t a vaccine unless it comes from a cow’s udder.