Excerpt from Doshi's testimony in a congressional panel discussion on COVID-19 sponsored by Senator Ron Johnson.
Doshi is a Senior Editor with the British Medical Journal and an associate professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Maryland (source).
Doshi (3:50): "I am one of the academics that argues that these mRNA products, which everybody calls 'vaccines,' are qualitatively different than standard vaccines. And so I found it fascinating to learn that Merriam-Webster changed its definition of vaccine early this year.
mRNA products did not meet the definition of 'vaccine' that has been in place for 15 years at Merriam-Webster, but the definition was expanded such that mRNA products are now 'vaccines.'"
From slide at 3:52 mark of video:
- Merriam-Webster definition of ‘vaccine’ from 2006 to January 18, 2021:
“a preparation of killed microrganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease.”
- Merriam-Webster definition of ‘vaccine’ as of January 18, 2021:
“a preparation of that is administered (as by injection) to stimulate the body's immune response against a specific infectious disease.”
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