I don’t understand one thing about the terminology. Aren’t vaccines for prevention, and in this case it’s more like a treatment? Or am I misunderstanding the meaning of the term vaccine?
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AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 days ago
Vaccines can be prophylactic or therapeutic. In this case, it’s a post-exposure prophylactic, because it’s administered after exposure to a pathogen but before the disease.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
What makes the vaccine more effective than actual exposure to the actual virus? I tried googling but couldn’t find an eli5 version
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Pretty sure the Darwin award is for idiots who die doing something stupid, not just idiots in general
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 4 days ago
It also includes idiots who survive but permanently render themselves unable to reproduce, but I don’t see that counting here either as I think you get disqualified for harming others, so stupidly getting your kid killed wouldn’t count.
ignotum@lemmy.world 4 days ago
He’s bound to die from doing something stupid so might as well give him the award right away