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Comment by fivetenpen | original | Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise 
[−]fivetenpen · 2026-07-02 Thu 04:45 UTC · link
They were never meant to prevent people from getting COVID. They were meant to prevent people from dying due to COVID. The fact they were able to tell you they had COVID means it was a resounding success (not dead).
[−]bad_username · 2026-07-02 Thu 05:04 UTC · link
> They were never meant to prevent people from getting COVID.

"COVID-19 vaccination will help keep you from getting COVID-19" - https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/97780/

You see, this kind of lying and gaslighting is exactly what feeds the distrust in the government and scientific establishment in general public. No number of studies is going to reverse that any time soon.

[−]antoniojtorres · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:15 UTC · link
They will HELP, they never claimed you would be IMMUNE. it’s in the text you’re citing!
[−]Markoff · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:36 UTC · link
there are literally people in this discussion talking about these vaccines preventing COVID spread, parroting this complete nonsense politicians and "experts" made when they pushed these "vaccines"