Wednesday, October 30, 2024

HIV Vaccine

 Jean-Michel Connard on X: "In my lifetime HIV will have gone from a death sentence, to a chronic condition, to a vaccine-preventable illness. We do incredible things when we apply ourselves."

5 comments:

james said...

"99.9% effective in preventing" I wonder what procedures they used to arrive at that

Douglas2 said...

Isn't this just a "pre-exposure prophylaxis" drug that requires twice-a-year injections, rather than a vaccine per-se?

Assistant Village Idiot said...

That does seem like a better description. "Vaccine" seems a bit of an overstatement or informal description.

Ben David said...

Meanwhile the virus is mutating.... as did streptococci and other bacteria.
New strains of syphilis have come roaring back.

Sexual promiscuity is microbiologically contraindicated.

Assistant Village Idiot said...

That is worth remembering...