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HIV is a known virus for many decades. Now that mRNA was released in a rush, why would it suddenly cure HIV?

toast0 5y ago
Now that mRNA is productionized (or at least on the path towards it), and has been used in hundreds of millions of people without apparent major negative short term effects, the barrier is lower for other targets which no longer have to prove the whole technology is safe, effective, and producable. We have two examples of safe (so far), effective and mass produced mrna vaccines; so it's probably easier to get funding to research and test other targets. HIV is a popular target, although it's also very difficult.
- da_big_ghey 5y ago
  how much money in cure HIV? largest endemic area is probably subsaharan Africa, not much in money there. In western nation it mostly is disease for gays or ocasional unlucky blood transfusion receive person [0]. i am not say that cure for it is bad - it is in obvious good - why did Moderna make choice for to research this cure in specific over other? https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/cdc-msm-508.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/cdc-msm...
  - tecleandor 5y ago
    That's an answer right from the 80s and it's completely wrong and against the same statistics you link. In the US heterosexuals account for more than 25% of AIDS infections, not accounting bisexuals and undetermined infections.
    - da_big_ghey 5y ago
      i think it are support since 75% still gay and gays is very small section of population. this vast disproportination mean it mostly is still "gay disease". i counter your unacounted factors by my say that maybe some in "straight" population with disease are not wanting to disclose gay. i am wonder if maybe bi sexual are worst because they "leak" disease back into straight population. they are like persons travel between two "bubble" in coronavirus pandemic.
  - dinkleberg 5y ago
    Do you ever read what you write before posting it and do a basic morality review? I’m sure there are many valid points to debate which diseases to go after next, but you only consider the money. I’m a capitalist and love making money, but come on! Questioning the choice to go after HIV because the primary people benefiting are too poor or gay? That is insanity.
    - da_big_ghey 5y ago
      you are misinterpret of this. i am not say that such would be good, but it are true that company tend for to do this, to mostly go fore money. so why moderna is go after hiv?
  - drzaiusapelord 5y ago
    This is hate speech.
fnord77 5y ago
mRNA vaccines are a product of 30 years of work. We got extremely lucky that covid hit when it did.

Now that mRNA is productionized (or at least on the path towards it), and has been used in hundreds of millions of people without apparent major negative short term effects, the barrier is lower for other targets which no longer have to prove the whole technology is safe, effective, and producable. We have two examples of safe (so far), effective and mass produced mrna vaccines; so it's probably easier to get funding to research and test other targets. HIV is a popular target, although it's also very difficult.

da_big_ghey 5y ago
how much money in cure HIV? largest endemic area is probably subsaharan Africa, not much in money there. In western nation it mostly is disease for gays or ocasional unlucky blood transfusion receive person [0]. i am not say that cure for it is bad - it is in obvious good - why did Moderna make choice for to research this cure in specific over other? https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/cdc-msm-508.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/cdc-msm...
- tecleandor 5y ago
  That's an answer right from the 80s and it's completely wrong and against the same statistics you link. In the US heterosexuals account for more than 25% of AIDS infections, not accounting bisexuals and undetermined infections.
  - da_big_ghey 5y ago
    i think it are support since 75% still gay and gays is very small section of population. this vast disproportination mean it mostly is still "gay disease". i counter your unacounted factors by my say that maybe some in "straight" population with disease are not wanting to disclose gay. i am wonder if maybe bi sexual are worst because they "leak" disease back into straight population. they are like persons travel between two "bubble" in coronavirus pandemic.
- dinkleberg 5y ago
  Do you ever read what you write before posting it and do a basic morality review? I’m sure there are many valid points to debate which diseases to go after next, but you only consider the money. I’m a capitalist and love making money, but come on! Questioning the choice to go after HIV because the primary people benefiting are too poor or gay? That is insanity.
  - da_big_ghey 5y ago
    you are misinterpret of this. i am not say that such would be good, but it are true that company tend for to do this, to mostly go fore money. so why moderna is go after hiv?
- drzaiusapelord 5y ago
  This is hate speech.

fnord77 5y ago

mRNA vaccines are a product of 30 years of work. We got extremely lucky that covid hit when it did.