Immunity: Protection from an infectious disease. If you are immune to a disease, you can be exposed to it without becoming infected.
Vaccine: A product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but can also be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.
Vaccination: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
Immunization: A process by which a person becomes protected against a disease through vaccination. This term is often used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation.
In September 2021:
Immunity: Protection from an infectious disease. If you are immune to a disease, you can be exposed to it without becoming infected.
Vaccine: A preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but some can be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.
Vaccination: The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease.
Immunization: A process by which a person becomes protected against a disease through vaccination. This term is often used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation.
Over time, about 9 years, a vaccine has gone from preventing illness to protecting from illness to producing immunity to stimulating the body’s immune response against diseases.
The definition of vaccine seems, arguably, on the same trajectory as a meritocracy.
Next up – vaccines will get participation trophies.
Some of you may be aware, the powers-that-be are suggesting boosters and/or an additional dose. The two are not the same (emphasis in the original).
A COVID-19 booster is given when a person has completed their vaccine series, and protection against the virus has decreased over time.
Hepatitis A – “The vaccine to prevent it is about 95% effective in healthy adults and can work for more than 20 years. In children, it’s about 85% effective and can last 15 to 20 years.”
Hepatitis B – “Studies indicate that immunologic memory remains intact for at least 30 years among healthy people who initiated hepatitis B vaccination at >6 months of age (16). The vaccine confers long-term protection against clinical illness and chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Cellular immunity appears to persist even though antibody levels might become low or decline below detectable levels.”
MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) – “People who receive MMR vaccination according to the U.S. vaccination schedule are usually considered protected for life against measles and rubella. While MMR provides effective protection against mumps for most people, immunity against mumps may decrease over time and some people may no longer be protected against mumps later in life. An additional dose may be needed if you are at risk because of a mumps outbreak.”
Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) – “[A]dults should receive a booster dose of either Tdap or Td (a different vaccine that protects against tetanus and diphtheria but not pertussis) every 10 years, or after 5 years in the case of a severe or dirty wound or burn. “ (emphasis in the original)
(For a more complete list of available vaccines and facts about them, go here.)
As can be seen, the COVID vaccine protection is toward, if not at, the low end of the vaccine protection spectrum.
Talk now is of a future filled with COVID vaccinations:
The CEO of pharmaceutical giant Moderna says that even younger people will have to get vaccine booster shots at least once every three years…
The CEO said older and vulnerable people would “undoubtedly” need refresher shots at least once a year, while even younger people who face an infinitesimal chance of dying from the virus will need booster shots every three years.
It was irresponsible to not mention the gigantic difference in adverse reactions. If he doesn’t want to base it on VAERS then he can base it on the 1200 deaths in Pfizer clinical trials that was only released by FDA under a law suit (when it was legally required to be released when EUA was granted).
We now have affirmative-action vaccines.
Interesting.