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Re:Long Covid May Physically Damage the Nerves That Control ... by Jedd on Sunday July 12, 2026 @03:13AM (#48879059)
In what way are they not a vaccine?
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Re:Long Covid May Physically Damage the Nerves That Control ... by gregoryyy on Sunday July 12, 2026 @03:56AM (#48879252)
The definition of vaccine was broadened to include mRNA technologies.
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Re:Long Covid May Physically Damage the Nerves That Control ... by dionian on Sunday July 12, 2026 @12:41PM (#48882448)
Before 2020, vaccines referred to things like attenuated viruses - you were basically being given a small weakened dose of the actual pathogen to prime your immune system. mRNA shots are a different animal and they are quite new.
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Re:Long Covid May Physically Damage the Nerves That Control ... by Volundr on Sunday July 12, 2026 @06:13PM (#48885383)
Far be it from me to doubt a stranger on the Internet, but can you point out any medical textbook or dictionary written pre-2020 that limits the definition of "vaccine" to "attenuated viruses"?
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Re:Long Covid May Physically Damage the Nerves That Control ... by Izkata on Sunday July 12, 2026 @09:17PM (#48886698)
This is the dictionary people were pointing at when it happened:

2021-01-18: https://web.archive.org/web/20210118193104/https://www.merri...

2021-01-26: https://web.archive.org/web/20210126065143/https://www.merri...

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Re:Long Covid May Physically Damage the Nerves That Control ... by Jedd on Monday July 13, 2026 @08:32PM (#48900841)
I was sure that pre-2020 - going back 40y or so prior - VLP's were also generally regarded as coming under the umbrella term 'vaccine'.
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