No, I do not need an open mind. I provided all the evidence of what is and what is not called gene therapy.You need to re-read chip's post with a tiny bit of an open mind. He is correct.
The "m" in mRNA is for messenger. The message is a sequence. This sequence is used in the cell cytoplasm to make a protein. These messengers are used naturally all the time in the cells. The nucleus (where the genes are in the DNA) sends out mRNA to the cytoplasm all the time to make various proteins.
With an mRNA vaccine the message also goes to the cytoplasm to make a specific protein (in the case of the COVID vaccine the sequence makes a portion of the spike protein) which the immune system reacts to.
No genes are affected in this process. No DNA is affected in this process. This is NOT gene therapy.
I am well aware of all particularities of this basic biology in question, but I appreciate the thoroughness (truly).
My point is a gene is a nucleic acid sequence that has the information about a protein structure -- regardless of the type, DNA or RNA.
In other words, the pertinent information in the mRNA is identical to the corresponding DNA blueprint (minus the introns).
Whether or not DNA is affected in the process is irrelevant to the question of whether or not it is gene therapy.