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"if this genetic cocktail passes Phase II and Phase III future clinic trials, and makes it into production, in the future HIV could be compared to herpes virus
by grannyg00se 15y ago
"if this genetic cocktail passes Phase II and Phase III future clinic trials, and makes it into production, in the future HIV could be compared to herpes virus nowadays".
As far as I know there is no herpes vaccine and herpes stays with you for life resulting in recurring problems. Doesn't quite sound like a very flattering comparison to an effective vaccine solution.
- shin_lao 15y agoChickenpox is a form of herpes and we all have it. What matters is that it's harmless.
- bhickey 15y agoWhile it won't probably kill you, it isn't exactly harmless. It can reemerge as shingles. There are cases of herpes causing death. For example, in an infant infected by his mohel, and a laboratory researcher killed after exposure to monkey feces. (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056008.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056008.htm)
- lallysingh 15y agoYes, but those cases are much, much less worrisome than AIDs in its current state.
- arethuza 15y agoShingles can be very nasty - my mother had it after I had chickenpox. It was across her face and eyes - she was hospitalised and was on morphine for the pain.
- axxl 15y agoI had it when I was younger, and I heard it only gets worse if you get it when you're older. It was pain unlike anything I've experienced since, I can't imagine what it felt like for her.
- dkersten 15y agoI had it under my ear when I was young. I don't remember how painful it was and it healed perfectly (ie no scars or anything). I guess I probably only had a mild case.
- palish 15y agoSorry to hear that about your mother. I hope everything turned out okay.
- arethuza 15y agoYeah she made a remarkable recovery - she was left with a very slight scar on her forehead. However, she was still bothered by pain from the afflicted area for years after.
- maaku 15y agoMy aunt had nearly the same thing happen to her--it left her with no visible scars (at least none that she told me about), but blind in one eye. The reason medical professionals recommend parents let their children catch chickenpox is because it the symptoms get worse the older you are. In your later years it can even be life-threatening. Never underestimate the chickenpox!
- minikomi 15y agoI got it while working as a kindergarten teacher - it was terrible. Inside of mouth, throat.. Turns out that fever I had in 3rd grade wasn't mild chickenpox after all! So it goes.
- minikomi 15y agoI got it while working as a kindergarten teacher - it was terrible. Inside of mouth, throat.. Turns out that fever I had in 3rd grade wasn't mild chickenpox after all! So it goes.
- carbocation 15y agoVaricella pneumonia? Encephalitis? The virus that causes chicken pox is not harmless.
- bitwize 15y agoIt's not harmless and there is a varicella vaccine now. (There wasn't when I was a kid.)
- jonknee 15y agoPretty sure they're talking about the still annoying but no death part.
- kokey 15y agoAround 1 in 4 or 5 women in the UK have herpes. I think the stats are similar for the US. It's still a problem, but most people suffer little from having it. It still has a stigma attached to it, hence why people don't admit to it, which makes me think the comparison with HIV is a fairly good comparison.
- maaku 15y agoI'm pretty sure the author meant hepatitis, which is much more similar to HIV in many regards, and now effectively “solved”, although the global vaccination program is still underway.
- scarmig 15y agoAsk anyone who has HIV whether they'd trade it for herpes.
- grannyg00se 15y agoThat's not the comparison being made. It's not HIV vs herpes - it's HIV with a highly successful vaccine available vs herpes, which has no vaccine.