Aids vaccine is it real?

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User1001

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Originally posted by: Willoughbyva
That might be why they say an injection might be needed every year. So that when it mutates the new vaccine will catch it. Perhaps they could only give a new injection when it does mutate. How long does it take for this stuff to mutate? Is it a slow process or a long process? I was also wondering why different people were effected in different ways? Why some got better than others?
A year would not even come close to covering the mutations. Plus there so many strains that you would need to many vaccines.
 

KnickNut3

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Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Originally posted by: Last Rezort
Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
I hope not.

????????

What do you think is an acceptable way to die? Right now there are only a few basic things that kill us. I don't think getting rid of them is a good idea. Especially the late life killers. I'm not against an aids vaccine as much as I'm against being able to create one.

I wonder if you or your SO, child, etc. was diagnosed with a terminal illness, would you would still feel the same way?
 

Willoughbyva

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I think aids is a terriable way to go. Until recently most of the people infected were relatively young.
 

QuitBanningMe

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Originally posted by: KnickNut3
Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Originally posted by: Last Rezort
Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
I hope not.

????????

What do you think is an acceptable way to die? Right now there are only a few basic things that kill us. I don't think getting rid of them is a good idea. Especially the late life killers. I'm not against an aids vaccine as much as I'm against being able to create one.

I wonder if you or your SO, child, etc. was diagnosed with a terminal illness, would you would still feel the same way?

Yes.
 

QuitBanningMe

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Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Yes.

Children represent 10% of HIV cases worldwide, and they don't have a choice...they're born with it. Why are you so misanthropic?

My opinion is not based on any type of hatred for humankind but the opposite.

Which diseases don't you want to cure?
 

Turnpike

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HIV vaccines are nothing new. There are millions of dollars being put into research on them. Unfortunately the HIV virus isn't something that we can 'eradicate' as easily as something like smallpox or polio because of its mutagenic properties (just do a search on 'reverse transcriptase' if you want to know more about it). Other medications for keeping HIV patients alive longer and with better quality of life is where most progress has been made (drugs that keep virus loads low in the body and try to keep white blood cells up). There are many people living with HIV for 20-30 years and who knows how much longer they can live. I personally know a guy who got HIV from blood tranfusions as a child (he's a hemophiliac) 15 years ago. He's thirty something now, married, has an education and career, AND two healthy children. HIV isn't going anywhere, people are going to be living longer with it which is why education and safe sex is so important to be taught. This is NOT a disease that will simply kill itself off the planet by killing all the infected patients, it's here to stay for a long time.
 

Deeko

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QuitBanningMe, I hope you die. I hope its painful. I hope its slow. I hope it involves torture.

Thank you, come again. Douchebag.
 

QuitBanningMe

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Originally posted by: Deeko
QuitBanningMe, I hope you die. I hope its painful. I hope its slow. I hope it involves torture.

Thank you, come again. Douchebag.

First you are an idiot. Second I can assure you I will die.....as it should be.
 

Deeko

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Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Originally posted by: Deeko
QuitBanningMe, I hope you die. I hope its painful. I hope its slow. I hope it involves torture.

Thank you, come again. Douchebag.

First you are an idiot. Second I can assure you I will die.....as it should be.

Why am I an idiot? Because I support the medical community for curing disease? What the hell is wrong with curing a disease(especially an early-life disease, since you said above you don't like curing latelife disease)?

Everyone is going to die douchebag. I hope your death is soon, and as I described above, because you deserve it in every way.
 

QuitBanningMe

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Originally posted by: Deeko
Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Originally posted by: Deeko
QuitBanningMe, I hope you die. I hope its painful. I hope its slow. I hope it involves torture.

Thank you, come again. Douchebag.

First you are an idiot. Second I can assure you I will die.....as it should be.

Why am I an idiot? Because I support the medical community for curing disease? What the hell is wrong with curing a disease(especially an early-life disease, since you said above you don't like curing latelife disease)?

Everyone is going to die douchebag. I hope your death is soon, and as I described above, because you deserve it in every way.

What makes you think I deserve it?


 

Pacfanweb

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Might be true
Aids Vaccine?

There is new hope in the fight against AIDS.

Scientists say they've developed the most promising AIDS vaccine in 20 years.

It sends synthetically produced HIV genes into the body. Those genes trick the body into producing cells that recognize HIV and kill the virus.

So far, the vaccine has produced the strongest T-cell immunity against the AIDS virus yet.

Scientists hope this new research will soon help prevent the spread of HIV.
Link
 

QuitBanningMe

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Originally posted by: Deeko
Something about your angst of curing deadly disease?

You don't think people should die?

Nature/ evolution seems to think it is appropriate. If that isn't your cup of tea God doesn't seem to think it is a bad idea either.
 

SacrosanctFiend

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Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe
Yes.

Children represent 10% of HIV cases worldwide, and they don't have a choice...they're born with it. Why are you so misanthropic?

My opinion is not based on any type of hatred for humankind but the opposite.

Which diseases don't you want to cure?

Why is curing diseases exclusive? Not all scientists are working on the same cure.
 

Willoughbyva

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What other diseases currently have hope? I think there was something about a vaccine for type 2 diabeties?