![]() ![]() The previous version of the Merriam-Webster definition was, “a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease.” While there have been changes in the wording, the essence of the definition remains the same. Removed the “immunity” portion? Umm, the current Merriam-Webster definition still has the phrase “stimulate the body's immune response.” Claiming that this is a drastic change from “immunity” is like saying “you exhibit douchebaggery” doesn’t really mean that you are a douchebag. Now, Merriam-Webster has literally changed the definition of ‘vaccine’ and removed the ‘immunity’ portion to possibly cover for the fact that Covid ‘vaccines’ don’t actually provide immunity from Covid.” ![]() The post included as well a graphic that stated, “Vaccine used to be defined as a substance that provides ‘immunity’ to a specific disease. (They will lead you to believe slavery was an unpaid internship.)” For example, Samantha Putterman writing for Politifact referenced a Facebook post that asserted, “They mislead then change the definition. Now, back in May, Merriam-Webster did “revise and expand its entry for the word.” This change has prompted some people, or bots, on social media to pounce and claim some conspiracy theory-laden reasons for this change. The available Covid-19 vaccines are indeed designed “to stimulate the body's immune response against a specific infectious agent or disease.” So why aren’t they vaccines again? “1 : a preparation that is administered (as by injection) to stimulate the body's immune response against a specific infectious agent or disease: such asĪ : an antigenic preparation of a typically inactivated or attenuated (see ATTENUATED sense 2) pathogenic agent (such as a bacterium or virus) or one of its components or products (such as a protein or toxin)ī : a preparation of genetic material (such as a strand of synthesized messenger RNA) that is used by the cells of the body to produce an antigenic substance (such as a fragment of virus spike protein)” The current definition of “vaccine” in the dictionary includes the following: This may have further fueled dictionary searches for the word “vaccine,” including those wanting to confirm the definition of the word to themselves and those wanting to confirm the definition to others. In fact, some of the anti-vaxxer messaging has even claimed that the Covid-19 vaccines aren’t actually vaccines, as I covered in September for Forbes. ![]() by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images) Getty Images Over 3.3 billion people around the world have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 so far. ![]()
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