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Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Aug 19 '21, 13:39

"COVID-19 vaccine might:

Prevent you from getting COVID-19 or from becoming seriously ill or dying due to COVID-19
Prevent you from spreading the COVID-19 virus to others
Add to the number of people in the community who are protected from getting COVID-19 — making it harder for the disease to spread and contributing to herd immunity
Prevent the COVID-19 virus from spreading and replicating, which allows it to mutate and possibly become more resistant to vaccines"

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I get what you are saying, the vaccine can only work against the virus. But i believe that if the virus hits your system and immediately is taken out, you weren't even infected. If someone with a cold sneezes on me and it doesn't make me ill because my immune system prevented me from catching the cold, we don't say "you were technically infected with a cold." we say 'you did NOT get a cold." Period.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-vaccine/art-20484859 (www.mayoclinic.org)

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"Give me Ham on 5, hold the Mayo." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 19, 17:06
Sorry if I came across as argumentative. These are very fine distinctions. I do think they are trying to simplify the language. - loosilu Aug 19, 13:47 2
- sure. but when the CDC and the Mayo Clinic and others says "it can prevent infection", i think i'll go with them. -- nm* - Andie Aug 19, 13:48 1
  - We aren't disagreeing. Well, it depends how you split the hair of what "infection" is. -- nm* - loosilu Aug 19, 14:32
I think I understand somewhat the semantic distinctions being made. - znufrii Aug 19, 13:44 5
- Pretty much. The CDC says "Once vaccinated, our bodies recognize that the protein should not be there and build T-lymphocytes and antibodies that will - mara Aug 19, 13:55 3
  - There it is. Ambiguous definition of infection. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 14:34 2
    - It was explained recently that the t cells build various antibodies in response, then sees what works, the vax gives it a head start recognizing -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 19, 14:41 1
      - Yes, that's how it works. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 14:53
- That's a good way to put it. But I think it would be confusing for something directed to the public. -- nm - loosilu Aug 19, 13:47

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