Comparing Vaccines
Dec 8, 2021 2:13:58 GMT -5
Post by bloodbought on Dec 8, 2021 2:13:58 GMT -5
Comparing Vaccines
December 7, 2021
By Michael Applebaum, M.D.
So, how do the COVID vaccines (grouped together for this piece) compare to other vaccines?
I’ll tell you. But first, I gotta disclaim:
1. Yes. I am a medical doctor.
2. No. I am not your doctor.
3. No. I am not providing you with medical advice.
4. Yes. I do not know you.
5. What you choose to do re: the COVID vaccine is a choice made among (you) + (your physician) + (whomever else you decide to include) +/- (government/employer mandates). I am completely out of it as far as your health care choices are concerned.
As always, it is important to define our terms. For example, when I say “chair,” you may conjure an image very different from the one I do.
When it comes to vaccines, vaccinations, and immunity/immunization the definitions depend on the year.
According to the CDC:
In 2012:
Immunization: The process by which a person or animal becomes protected against a disease. This term is often used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation.
Vaccination: Injection of a killed or weakened infectious organism in order to prevent the disease.
Vaccine: A product that produces immunity therefore protecting the body from the disease. Vaccines are administered through needle injections, by mouth and by aerosol.
In 2015:
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 August 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 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.
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December 7, 2021
By Michael Applebaum, M.D.
So, how do the COVID vaccines (grouped together for this piece) compare to other vaccines?
I’ll tell you. But first, I gotta disclaim:
1. Yes. I am a medical doctor.
2. No. I am not your doctor.
3. No. I am not providing you with medical advice.
4. Yes. I do not know you.
5. What you choose to do re: the COVID vaccine is a choice made among (you) + (your physician) + (whomever else you decide to include) +/- (government/employer mandates). I am completely out of it as far as your health care choices are concerned.
As always, it is important to define our terms. For example, when I say “chair,” you may conjure an image very different from the one I do.
When it comes to vaccines, vaccinations, and immunity/immunization the definitions depend on the year.
According to the CDC:
In 2012:
Immunization: The process by which a person or animal becomes protected against a disease. This term is often used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation.
Vaccination: Injection of a killed or weakened infectious organism in order to prevent the disease.
Vaccine: A product that produces immunity therefore protecting the body from the disease. Vaccines are administered through needle injections, by mouth and by aerosol.
In 2015:
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 August 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 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.
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