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		graphe on Nov 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Wikipedia became the last good place on the in... Vaccines provide immunity. Which vaccine are you referring to? Flu shots for example are not vaccines. There are no COVID vaccines.

exo-pla-net on Nov 10, 2023 [–]

Poor buddy.

Flu shots are indeed a vaccine.

I think you're confused by the word "immunity". In the medical sense, it doesn't mean "invincibility". It's a reference to the immune system!

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