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In response to "Just to clarify. Vaccines do nothing until you are infected. The effect we want is that it lessens the severity. -- (edited)" by loosilu

i was pretty sure it also helped prevent infection? the virus just can't take hold (not for everyone, obvie.) -- nm

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Aug 19 '21, 13:17

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I mean, the virus has to get into you for the vaccine to do anything. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 13:25
I don't think so. Vaccines only start to work when the virus is detected in the body, and technically that's an infection. -- nm* - mara Aug 19, 13:20 9
- Infection could mean positive test and no symptoms. That's why we're being told to still wear a mask. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 13:25
- CDC: Studies show that COVID-19 vaccines are effective at keeping you from getting COVID-19. Getting a COVID-19 vaccine will also help keep you from - Andie Aug 19, 13:25 7
  - You're both right. Vaccines teach the body to attack the virus more quickly than the body would if it encountered the virus on its own. So vaccinated -- (edited) - TWuG Aug 19, 13:33
  - There's no phrasing like that on the page itself. Was it a link from something else? -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 13:28 5
    - what I see on the page is "helping protect against severe disease and death from variants " - loosilu Aug 19, 13:29
    - That is literally from the page. Under "EFFECTIVENESS, What we know" The second paragraph (first in white, not blue background) -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 13:29 3
      - I see it now. I take issue with the phrasing. I think it's their attempt to keep it simple. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 13:30 2
        
        So, what they literally say is not what they mean? The CDC? -- nm - Andie Aug 19, 13:31 1
        
        The entire rest of the page says "protects you" rather than "keeps you from getting." This is real hair splitting. The fact isi - loosilu Aug 19, 13:35

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