{"id":1550335,"date":"2022-07-12T10:28:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T14:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1550335"},"modified":"2022-07-12T11:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:49:12","slug":"emails-confirm-why-cdc-changed-definitions-of-vaccine-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emails-confirm-why-cdc-changed-definitions-of-vaccine-vaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"Emails Confirm Why CDC Changed Definitions of Vaccine, Vaccinated"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Femails-confirm-why-cdc-changed-definitions-of-vaccine-vaccinated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1550335&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Newly obtained emails confirm that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> (CDC) changed its definition for both \u201cvaccine\u201d and \u201cvaccinated\u201d because people were pointing out that definitions didn\u2019t seem to apply to the COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-vaccines\">vaccines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe definition of vaccine we have posted is problematic and people are using it to claim the COVID-19 vaccine is not a vaccine based on our own definition,\u201d Alycia Downs, a CDC official, wrote in an email on Aug. 25, 2021, to a colleague.<\/p>\n<p>The definition is located on a page titled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/vac-gen\/imz-basics.htm\">Immunization Basics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVaccine\u201d was defined <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/3K81G\">since at least 2011<\/a> by the CDC as a product that triggers immunity, while \u201cvaccination\u201d was described as an injection that prevents a disease, according to archived versions of the page. However, a flood of inquiries on the definitions was triggered by the fact that the COVID-19 vaccines have been increasingly ineffective against infection by the virus that causes COVID-19, the emails show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur question is how is the CDC and the rest of the world allowed to call the shot a vaccination when it doesn\u2019t even meet your own definition,\u201d one person wrote to the CDC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight-wing covid-19 pandemic deniers are using your \u2018vaccine\u2019 definition to argue that mRNA vaccines are not vaccines,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n<p>The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are both built on messenger RNA technology. They are two of the three COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Downs and colleagues Allison Michelle Fisher, Cynthia Jorgensen, Valerie Morelli, and Andrew (no last name given) worked on changing the definitions for \u201cvaccine\u201d and \u201cvaccination,\u201d according to the emails.<\/p>\n<p>The changes were pushed through on Aug. 31, 2021, and Sept. 1, 2021, respectively.<\/p>\n<h2>Changing Definitions<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cVaccine\u201d is now defined as\u00a0\u201ca preparation that is used to stimulate the body\u2019s immune response against diseases. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but some can be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The previous definition was \u201ca product that stimulates a person\u2019s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, protecting the person from that disease. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but can also be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVaccination\u201d was changed to \u201cthe act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease\u201d from\u00a0\u201cthe act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Travis Miller obtained some of the missives in 2021 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/cdc-changed-definition-of-vaccine-because-of-covid-19-vaccines-emails_4083638.html\">published screenshots of them<\/a>. At the time, the CDC didn\u2019t dispute their authenticity. The Epoch Times has obtained the emails, and additional messages concerning the changes, and has published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22083493-cdc-emails-on-changing-definitions\">all 67 pages of them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The batch of emails, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, also shows that Andrew, a CDC employee on the agency\u2019s Vaccine Task Force,\u00a0boosted a Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/09\/vaccine-skeptics-claim-new-cdc-gotcha-moment-they-havent-got-much\/\">article<\/a> that downplayed criticism of the change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve only seen a couple of inquiries about the change to this page. I think the WaPo article explains the problem well\u2014that people are misinterpreting \u2018immunity\u2019 to mean 100% protection,\u201d Andrew wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, Andrew! I really appreciate your response,\u201d Downs replied.<\/p>\n<p>A CDC spokesperson has told The Epoch Times that the \u201cslight changes in wording\u201d haven\u2019t altered \u201cthe overall definition,\u201d of \u201cvaccine,\u201d adding, \u201cthe previous definition at Immunization Basics | CDC could be interpreted to mean that vaccines were 100% effective, which has never been the case for any vaccine, so the current definition is more transparent, and also describes the ways in which vaccines can be administered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some other portions of the CDC website still say COVID-19 vaccines confer immunity. One page, for instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/facts.html\">says<\/a> that \u201cgetting a COVID-19 vaccination is a safer and more dependable way to build immunity to COVID-19 than getting sick with COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly obtained emails confirm that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed its definition for both \u201cvaccine\u201d and \u201cvaccinated\u201d because people were pointing out that definitions didn\u2019t seem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1550501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1550335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1550501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1550335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1550335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}