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0 pointsprohobo4y ago0 comments

I've been reading the definitions of vaccine, and now I'm confused because it seems to technically have the same meaning as prophylactic - if not, then what's the difference between the two?

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xboxnolifes4y ago

I believe vaccines are a subset of prophylactics. For example, masks, condoms, etc would also be prophylactics.

prohoboOP4y ago

So, what happened was that in 2018 they changed the definition of vaccine from "innoculated bacterium/viral agent" to "any substance" (probably to make space for mRNA vaccines), and then changed the result from "that prevents disease" to "that generates antibodies".

Legally, a prophylactic seems to be the same as a vaccine, at least according to this definition from 2013: https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/uscode.php?width=840...

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xboxnolifes4y ago

I believe vaccines are a subset of prophylactics. For example, masks, condoms, etc would also be prophylactics.

prohoboOP4y ago

Legally, a prophylactic seems to be the same as a vaccine, at least according to this definition from 2013: https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/uscode.php?width=840...

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