Merck starts global test of AIDS vaccine

[OS]

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Supposedly the key difficulty in creating an AIDS vaccine is that there are so many different strains. A global trial is necessary to test for effectiveness against all variants.

 

[kaizersose]

the vaccine for aids has already been discovered, its called common sense and a condom.

 

[Kntx]

Originally posted by: kaizersose
the vaccine for aids has already been discovered, its called common sense and a condom.

Yea... but who wants to wear a condom?

 

[Vadatajs]

Originally posted by: Kntx

Originally posted by: kaizersose
the vaccine for aids has already been discovered, its called common sense and a condom.

Yea... but who wants to wear a condom?

...someone who doesn't want aids, silly

But seriously, from what I understand of the way vaccines work, I would be very hesitant to get this one.

 

[Napalm]

the vaccine for aids has already been discovered, its called common sense and a condom.

Must be nice to live in a black and white world. Tell that to children born to mothers with AIDS, or to poor people living in villages without a 7-11 where they can pick up condoms, or to people who have acquired AIDS through blood transfusions, or to individuals in long term relationships in which one person has cheated and become infected...

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Vadatajs

Originally posted by: Kntx

Originally posted by: kaizersose
the vaccine for aids has already been discovered, its called common sense and a condom.

Yea... but who wants to wear a condom?

...someone who doesn't want aids, silly

But seriously, from what I understand of the way vaccines work, I would be very hesitant to get this one.

I wouldn't rush out to get it, but it uses a Common Cold virus, so it shouldn't be too risky. I'm not a virologist(?) though, so there could be risks I have no clue about.

 

[pnho]

biggest risk of vaccines is the fact that instead of building up an immune to the viral infection, you would instead develop it. Smallpox vaccine was a major problem because of this.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: pnho
biggest risk of vaccines is the fact that instead of building up an immune to the viral infection, you would instead develop it. Smallpox vaccine was a major problem because of this.

i thought the smallpox vaccine was infecting people with cowpox.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: pnho
biggest risk of vaccines is the fact that instead of building up an immune to the viral infection, you would instead develop it. Smallpox vaccine was a major problem because of this.

I was under the impression that this basically doesn't happen anymore with modern vaccines.

 

[Miramonti]

iirc, there's about 25 aids vaccine trials happening right now.

 

[zephyrprime]

i thought the smallpox vaccine was infecting people with cowpox.

That what the original smallpox vaccine used. But apparently not anymore.

 

[pnho]

vaccines work by gearing the body up for defense against viral infections. To do so, doctors inject something similar to the infection but not as deadly, so the body's white blood cells produce a memory of this. Modern vaccines "chop up" the key triggers to the immune system and we are vaccinated with it. The largest concern is allergic reaction (another immune response). Slight flu like symptons, aching, fever are the typical responses to a vaccine. However, skin reactions that create bumps or celluloid can occur at the injection point.

 

[kaizersose]

Originally posted by: Napalm

the vaccine for aids has already been discovered, its called common sense and a condom.

Must be nice to live in a black and white world. Tell that to children born to mothers with AIDS, or to poor people living in villages without a 7-11 where they can pick up condoms, or to people who have acquired AIDS through blood transfusions, or to individuals in long term relationships in which one person has cheated and become infected...

a. vaccines prevent aids, if a mother has it, it is too late for the child anyway. if a mother has aids, she should not be having kids.

b. the US has tried many times to get people in poor african villages to wear condoms by giving them out for free and showing them how to use them. these programs failed miserably because no one wanted to wear the condoms.

c. all blood given is screened for aids, i dont believe anyone has been infected in that way in quite some time. if they have, its too late for the vaccine anyway and they would have my complete sympathy and any help i could provide.

d. "individuals in long term relationships in which one person has cheated and become infected..." that's diggin pretty deep. still, if you are going to have sex and you dont know if the person is clean, bag it up. it is also a felony to knowingly give someone aids.