Hey, has anyone else heard about this? I saw a thirty-second clip on CNN about a vaccine for HIV being successful for the first time ever. It was a test in Thailand, and I think they said it worked for one-in-three of the people tested. That's pretty incredible, if you ask me, and it has been given minimal press coverage.
I have not seen this, but if its true im going to guess that before they start talking about it, they are going to wait and see if the person falls over dead randomly at some point in time.
Unfortunately, I do not have a link. I do have my local paper right in front of me, and it has an article about it hidden on the 7th page. It says the Thailand study involved 16,000 participants, and 31% of them were unaffected by the disease after receiving the vaccine. Obviously, 30% success isn't great, so it isn't near completeion. But there is apparently going to be some huge international conference in New York next week to determine what courses to take now.
m more afraid of getting some bad side effect from the vaccine than H1N1.
Vaccines work buy giving you a VERY small dose of the virus. HIV is near impossible to fight off as well. That's why there is no AIDS vaccine. The virus itself is to dangerous.
I saw this on Yahoo the other day. It's a great thing I think. Especially for those who got HIV by other means, like uncleaned surgery utensils. This happened to a friend of mine, and now he's stuck with this disease that has no cure. I'm hoping they continue this research.
It's not like I'm pushing the vaccine, here. I'm just estatic that there has finally been progress towards curing this disease that has grown more rampant by the year. I should only speak for myself, but I'm willing to say that no one here really needs the vaccine at all. Basically, if you're typing on a computer, you live somewhere civilized enough to understand safe sex practices. You have to take school courses about health and safety, so I'm not too worried about you. The people who need this vaccine are the people who, most unfortunately, won't be able to get it. The African tribes who believe the best way to cure HIV is to have sex with a virgin, those are the people who need it.
And, once a successful vaccine is created, it is going to take more effort than anyone realizes to get it to them. It'll be the largest humanitarian undertaking in history, trying to distribute a vaccine where it is really required.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that this is an extraordinary development, and I thought more people should know about it, considering it has gotten little to no news coverage.
I'm with eagle as well, I would prefer to get H1N1, which is just a donkey dressed up as a lion, then to get a shot. I don't like shots.
First of all. Shots have saved millions of lives. They stop diseases, simply being scared of a little pinprick more than one of the most dangerous diseases on earth is incredibly idiotic. HIV is certainly not a donkey dressed up as a lion. Millions upon millions of people develop AIDS and then you are likely to die within a year or two. Some people can survive with HIV for many years with help from drugs but it's a life debilitating disease. You have to watch out for the simplest of diseases even the common cold. If you really want this 'harmless' disease go get it. Come back and then tell me it's a bloody donkey as a lion.
I love how people are tossing it around like it isn't anything. It's a massive step in the right direction, you can argue that you yourself will only sleep with 1 or 2 people in your whole life time but many people have a hell load of sex. Not just the homosexuals, the heterosexuals are just as likely to get it.
