The them.us article [0] says: > but we’ll be praying ... that by next year, LGBTQ+ communities around the globe will have a new reason to celebrate. This perpetuates the myth that HIV is mainly a problem for gay people. Can we change to another article, such as [1]? The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports Moderna's HIV vaccine research [2]. [0] https://www.them.us/story/hiv-aids-vaccine-human-trials-mode... [1]…
Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials
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Not to mention the long term effects of COVID are known and way worst that what a vaccine can give you. Vaccine are building an immune response, they're not drugs that try to cope the symptoms (eg. Panadol) and they are the safest drugs out there. Is so interesting how people eat Panadol and many other drugs like candies (without reading the KNOWN side effects - which are also nasty), while they focus so much on thin…
Exactly this. I would rather take the "most unsafe" vaccine of the last 30 years than take an Advil. (I am a biochemist)
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Re: Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials
#183The them.us article [0] says: > but we’ll be praying ... that by next year, LGBTQ+ communities around the globe will have a new reason to celebrate. This perpetuates the myth that HIV is mainly a problem for gay people. Can we change to another article, such as [1]? The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports Moderna's HIV vaccine research [2]. [0] https://www.them.us/story/hiv-aids-vaccine-human-trials-mode... [1]…
> This perpetuates the myth that HIV is mainly a problem for gay people. Can we change to another article, such as [1]?
But how is that a myth? The US Gov site [0] that is linked in the engadget article literally states that
> HIV continues to have a disproportionate impact on certain populations, particularly racial and ethnic minorities and gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.
Fruther down:
> Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM)b are the population most affected by HIV in the U.S.:
> MSM accounted for 69% of new HIV diagnoses in the United States.
While I agree that the focusing only on LGBTQ+ as a group is not an ideal way to put it, there is no myth in claiming that gay/bisexual men are at the highest risk of getting it.
[0] https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/stat...
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I remember headlines saying that, but the most I'm finding is that the paper that claimed such links was quickly retracted from bioRxiv[0]. I'm a bit lost as to how misinformation played in placing a Nobel Prize winner in the mix, possibly they mentioned there was research suggesting that link.
[0] https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/03/retraction-faulty-corona...
Re: Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials
#185The them.us article [0] says: > but we’ll be praying ... that by next year, LGBTQ+ communities around the globe will have a new reason to celebrate. This perpetuates the myth that HIV is mainly a problem for gay people. Can we change to another article, such as [1]? The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports Moderna's HIV vaccine research [2]. [0] https://www.them.us/story/hiv-aids-vaccine-human-trials-mode... [1]…
It really isn't a myth though [1].
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/cdc-msm...
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As much as I'd like to blame them, the number of people who willingly refused the vaccine are irrelevant compared to those who do not have access to it.
HIV doesn’t mutate in the same way a disease like Covid does, at least not at the same speed— also, PrEP has existed for years. It’s still proven to be effective protection against contracting HIV even if directly exposed (though it’s a pill that must be taken every day rather than a vaccine). I honestly don’t know why everyone who is sexually active isn’t on PrEP (the federal government even mandates it be free to t…
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#188Re: Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials
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I’m not a doctor, but as a gay man: it’s my understanding HIV doesn’t mutate in the same way a disease like Covid does, at least not in the sense that there’s as many opportunities to spread (i.e. not airborne), so while HIV may actually mutate more in theory, it gets less chances to spread, so less completely-different variants become widespread. Also, as part of “stopping the spread” PrEP has existed for years. It’…
Small correction: PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) and PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) are both protocols for using drugs to prevent infection. You generally take PrEP drugs every day if you think you're in danger of being exposed, or alternatively take PEP if you think you have been exposed to HIV without any kind of protection, sort of like a morning after pill (but every day for a whole month).
> ...sort of like a morning after pill (but every day for a whole month).
Does this mean that there is a cure, but it only works if taken shortly after exposure (and for a whole month)?
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I'm pretty sure understanding the biology behind it all can help make predictions about the outcome in the same way that you know that merging a pull request isn't going to bring the entire internet down. I mean, it could. But there's no known mechanism that will trigger such an event. That reminds me of the first atomic bomb test. We weren't 100% sure that the atmosphere wasn't going to ignite with an atomic bomb, b…
> I'm pretty sure understanding the biology behind it all can help make predictions about the outcome ... Of course it can, that's what you use to write your test plan. But I never (ever) rely on those predictions alone. Everyone who has done this long enough knows that if you don't test your code well enough before you push it out, it will fail. Hell, it'll even fail sometimes when you did thoroughly test it.
Yeah but you know, as much as you know anything else really, that your code won't break your toaster.