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There already are diseases that hide from the immune system, things like hepatitis B, herpes, shingles. It’s nothing new.

• Etrnl_President 3y ago
  Could we vaccinate Herpes to forget how to latch on to cells?
  • refurb 3y ago
    Not really. The current approach is to try and find an antigen on the herpes virus that the virus can't stop the immune system from recognizing. Or use antivirals to stop the reproduction process, and the virus eventually dies. That's the approach with hepatitis C.
  • vGPU 3y ago
    No. If you create a strain of a disease that is less persistent, it would obviously be wiped out almost instantly by basic natural selection.