HIV Vaccine Ready for Human Testing

[Reise]

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/ ... ml?ref=rss

Looks like Canada's good for something after all. Could this be the beginning of the end for the AIDS epidemic?

[Kirkaldi]

I hope it works.

[TheDrop]

Hope it works, though it will probably be very expensive :\

[aznronin]

Looks like Canada's good for something after all. [/quote]

Lol... someone here might get mad.

[SM-Count]

Dozens of HIV vaccines have already been developed and tested in animal models, but few have been tested in humans, none successfully. A promising trial in 2007 by pharmaceutical giant Merck and Co. was shut down after those receiving the vaccine contracted HIV at a higher rate than those who received the placebo.

How exactly do they test this vaccine...

Btw, why get rid of HIV? I dun get it.

[Epic245]

Do you guys know what this means... NO MORE RUBBERS!?

[Reise]

Dozens of HIV vaccines have already been developed and tested in animal models, but few have been tested in humans, none successfully. A promising trial in 2007 by pharmaceutical giant Merck and Co. was shut down after those receiving the vaccine contracted HIV at a higher rate than those who received the placebo.

How exactly do they test this vaccine...

Btw, why get rid of HIV? I dun get it.

Well obviously that one they shut down didn't work. Get rid of HIV = get rid of AIDS.

[Mirosuke]

To those who said hope it works...

no comment lol made me think of something

and yeah, hope its works rofl

[Blurred]

WOW THIS IS GOOD!

[Da_Realest]

I don't think a vaccine would be a good idea. What will happen to the world's population if it does work?

[Mirosuke]

I don't think a vaccine would be a good idea. What will happen to the world's population if it does work?

But what happens if the aids keep killing more dumb people?
ok, i think its good lol

[inky]

I don't think a vaccine would be a good idea. What will happen to the world's population if it does work?

But what happens if the aids keep killing more dumb people?
ok, i think its good lol

That comment just placed you in that category. Not everyone who gets HIV is sexually promiscuous and careless. Health care workers, unsuspecting spouse of a cheating partner, children, people who had blood transfusions, rape victims, and the list goes on.

[Mirosuke]

I don't think a vaccine would be a good idea. What will happen to the world's population if it does work?

But what happens if the aids keep killing more dumb people?
ok, i think its good lol

That comment just placed you in that category. Not everyone who gets HIV is sexually promiscuous and careless. Health care workers, unsuspecting spouse of a cheating partner, children, people who had blood transfusions, rape victims, and the list goes on.

Okay... tcm.

[XemnasXD]

i had about 2 paragraphs listing the cause and spread of the virus in third world countries, the number of people, children, who die each year. The social climate and oppression that starves these people of the knowledge and means they need to sexually prepare themselves. F*ck it. You guys aren't worth it. You are just...*cringes*

@
Dumbass number 1

I don't think a vaccine would be a good idea. What will happen to the world's population if it does work?

quickly followed by...

But what happens if the aids keep killing more dumb people?
ok, i think its good lol

then there's this comedian

Btw, why get rid of HIV? I dun get it.

[Mirosuke]

@XemnasXD With all respect, and i mean it looks like you didn't have a good day. Really, at least inky made me think for those wich i forget to mention (and when i mentioned dumb people, i meant to those who are sexually promiscuous, that's i all had in mind for that moment). Anyways, you didn't really made a constructive reply, just a bit but then you just bs'd around in our replies. I know you don't really like our opinions, but the fact that you know more, don't mean you can talk sh.t.

And other thing: Respects guards respects.

Feel free to critiquize my reply, again. And call me dumbass all the time you want.
I won't fight back anyways. I'm just here to have little free fun time, and when i have to get serious, i will.

[ThatBluePerson]

It could be a good thing, but read Adoloux Huxley's philosophies on overpopulation.

[JustOnePlz]

Do you guys know what this means... NO MORE RUBBERS!?

lol then a new story would be made titled. 'As the the rate of aids declines the rate of newborns sky rockets' XDD

[Nantosh]

It could be a good thing, but read Adoloux Huxley's philosophies on overpopulation

From what? Intrigued, though I found Brave New World rather a disapointment...

i had about 2 paragraphs listing the cause and spread of the virus in third world countries, the number of people, children, who die each year. The social climate and oppression that starves these people of the knowledge and means they need to sexually prepare themselves. F*ck it. You guys aren't worth it. You are just...*cringes*

@
Dumbass number 1

I don't think a vaccine would be a good idea. What will happen to the world's population if it does work?

quickly followed by...

But what happens if the aids keep killing more dumb people?
ok, i think its good lol

then there's this comedian

Btw, why get rid of HIV? I dun get it.

Although I'm sure you hold a relatively informed opinion, in such a subject ignorance and bigotry are bound to occur, and so perhaps their outbursts should be met w/ a more analytical and quantitative/qualitative responses rather than simple denouncement.

OT - Interesting, but it remains still in testing. I wouldn't be surprised if nothing turned up out of it; not that I wouldn't wish for such a preemptive measure, it just doesn't heighten my hopes. I, along w/ everyone else I'm sure, will just have to wait and see.

[JustOnePlz]

^ that right there, is the definition of epic, take a picture ppl

[inky]

^ that right there, is the definition of epic, take a picture ppl

????

I don't see it.

Anyway, OT:

If the vaccine does get approved for use, would you bother getting a shot? I mean, the vaccine is simply a "weakened" form of the virus but there is still a slight chance, perhaps due to human error or a miscalculation, that the virus is still potent enough to infect - especially if you have a weak immune system. I know that having sex is not the only way to acquire HIV but it's the main mode of transmission; so unless you're sexually promiscuous or live in a high risk area, I really don't see much incentive in taking the vaccine shot.

FYI: A vaccine is not used to cure the infection but rather to prevent it.

[Nantosh]

^ that right there, is the definition of epic, take a picture ppl

????

I don't see it.

Neither

FYI: A vaccine is not used to cure the infection but rather to prevent it.

Hah, honestly hilarious if someone didn't know that...

[Ryoko]

The worst thing about aids is,

A) it can take a year or more to notice you have it
B) You live for 5-7 years with it

Which means, theres years of time to spread it to others, who carry it for years, thus making it more difficult to stop and get rid of.

Imagine living in a world where 75% of the population had aids, and your statistcal odds of each person getting it were just as high. Imagine if it was "probably assumed" you'd eventually get aids. Imagine it being so bad, we know the end of most of the worlds population is coming soon, and were just drawing it out.

On a side note,

I believe we as humans we weaken our own race by stopping natural selection.

If you every studied evolution over the period of earths existance, good designs work and evolve, bad designs fail and die.

Many genetic disorders from cancer prone families, to algeries, diabetes, insufficient immune systems, and a million other things would have fallen into the catagory of a bad design and eventually die out, but we use surgery, machines and science to cheat the evolutionary process.

By doing so, we make things worse for our race by continuing to breed it into the gene pool, accepting it and coming up with resolves to prolonge life. Unless we work to eliminate things completely, or cure them completely (and aids too) eventually, EVERYONE will be in a cancer/diabetes/allergies family.

One side of our family (not my side) is a colon cancer family. Like, so many of them had a colectomy, are plagued with digestive issues, go in for polup removal etc. Yet, new nephews and neices arrive all the time. And of course, most of em have the gene too.

(Is an example - not that I wish anybody death. Dont mistake.)

[JustOnePlz]

^ that right there, is the definition of epic, take a picture ppl

????

I don't see it.

epic in the sense that its got alot going on, it makes awesome points and when you read it, it makes sense and no1 can flame you about it

thats just my personal epic opinion for forums i guess, sorry lol

[bakafish]

I believe Ryoko's concept will make it to the silver screen in the near future.

[Twist]

Say thanks to homos, they made HIV.

[Nantosh]

Say thanks to homos, they made HIV.

> >

This is why people like Xemnas get so infuriated at the people here.
Can I request a ban on this guy? Or a seven day? Can you do that?

[JustOnePlz]

Say thanks to homos, they made HIV.

> >

This is why people like Xemnas get so infuriated at the people here.
Can I request a ban on this guy? Or a seven day? Can you do that?

id second it if we had to vote on it

[Amarisa]

there is already a "cure" for aids/hiv but its damn expensive.

[Midori]

Say thanks to homos, they made HIV.

*facepalm*

[Twist]

Maybe your all going f4gg0t.