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These aren't really the questions to be asked when they just started with a first trial. If it's 99% effective and has close to zero sideeffects that's very di
by hannob 5y ago
These aren't really the questions to be asked when they just started with a first trial.
If it's 99% effective and has close to zero sideeffects that's very different from 60% effective and significant sideeffects. In both cases there are probably some people you'd recommend it to, but in the first case you may just recommend it to everyone, in the second case probably not.
- koheripbal 5y agoGiven that it requires sexual contact to contract, I bet we could vaccinate a small portion of high risk people and effectively eradicate the disease entirely, without ever needing to vaccinate everyone.
- MagnumOpus 5y ago> vaccinate a small portion of high risk people and effectively eradicate the disease You could remove it as an endemic disease in the US and Europe. In places like South Africa where a third of the population is infected, nothing less that a blanket vaccination campaign would work. (And of course it is not easy to find out who the high risk people are when both HIV and sexual promiscuity are stigmatised, so you might need to vaccinate everyone anyway to avoid costly errors...)
- Eric_WVGG 5y agoToo bad it doesn't require sexual contact to contract.
- Vecr 5y agoYou mean HIV? Yeah, you can get it from fluid-to-blood contact, accidentally getting yourself with a needle, or someone trying to use a contaminated needle as a bio-weapon. Microscopic cuts under your fingernails are important, so you should wear gloves for sure.