Vaccine or Drug (Immunotherapy)? Definition of a vaccine

#Vaccinedefinition

Recently, some researchers have questioned if mRNA vaccines fit the definition of the vaccine. Let' look at its functional definition and how it is very similar to immunotherapies (antibody-drug)

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To learn more:
Natural Immunity in Children | What do we know?
https://youtu.be/l2DCK3Pgdmg

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Source References:

CDC: Immunization, the basics
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/imz-basics.htm

Merriam-Webster: Vaccine
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vaccine

Evidence of SARS-CoV-2-Specific Memory B Cells Six Months After Vaccination With the BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.740708/full

Convergent epitope-specific T cell responses after SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.12.21260227v2

Cellular and humoral immune responses following SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in patients with multiple sclerosis on anti-CD20 therapy
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01507-2

Waning Immune Humoral Response to BNT162b2 Covid-19 Vaccine over 6 Months
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2114583

Interim Estimates of COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department or Urgent Care Clinic Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Adults During SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant Predominance — Nine States, June–August 2021
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7037e2.htm

CDC: Data supporting Need for a Booster Shot
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html?s_cid=11708:65%20and%20older%20covid%20booster:sem.ga:p:RG:GM:gen:PTN.Grants:FY22

The Effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccne up to 6 months in a large integrated health system in the USA: a retropective cohort study
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02183-8/fulltext

NEW PHASE 3 ANALYSES SHOW THAT A SINGLE DOSE OF REGEN-COV® (CASIRIVIMAB AND IMDEVIMAB) PROVIDES LONG-TERM PROTECTION AGAINST COVID-19
https://newsroom.regeneron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/new-phase-3-analyses-show-single-dose-regen-covr-casirivimab-and

Israel preparing for possible fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/12/business/israel-preparing-possible-fourth-covid-vaccine-dose/

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