The New American
In early September, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed its longstanding public definitions of vaccine and vaccination to counter “pandemic deniers” who pointed out that the COVID-19 mRNA injections did not qualify as vaccines under the existing definitions, recently released CDC e-mails reveal.
Prior to September, the CDC’s web page on “Immunization: The Basics” defined vaccine as “a product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease.” Thereafter, the definition was changed to “a preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases.”
Similarly, while vaccination used to be defined as “the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease,” it is now “the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease.” (Emphasis added.)
