Smallpox Vaccine Could Prevent AIDS

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at George Mason University have published a preliminary report which suggests that the Smallpox vaccine might be able to slow the spread of AIDS. Various news stories have suggested that it may be due to the vaccine interacting with the CCR5 receptor, which is a cellular infection route in another related poxvirus, and also commented on the rise of AIDS in the years after smallpox was declared eradicated and the smallpox vaccine was no longer given as a matter of course."

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Bah

[ahknight]

I'll bet it has little effect since AIDS is not caused by a virus.

Re:Bah

[ahknight]

You're right, it's nothing new. It was right then and it's right now. ALL the evidence goes towards it. Every last one of the "HIV+" patients that refuses treatment survives healthily. Every. Last. One.

Every single "HIV+" patient that has opted for treatment has died or is dying. Every. Single. One.

It's more than a theory, it's just plain fact.

Now, plots and conspiracy theories, well, bah. Right now it's more that those responsible for the biggest scientific fuck up in history would be sued into oblivion if they "admitted" it now, so I'm sure it will be "discovered" at some point.

Best book about the topic: Inventing the AIDS Virus. Duesberg talks about the whole thing, beginning to end with pages of data, studies, and fact after fact. He knows there's skepticism, so he lays it out.

AIDS is not a viral disease but a nervous system disorder caused by the death of brain cells by chemicals. Those that are "treated" for HIV are given AZT, a highly-toxic drug given to cancer patients, which causes the same nervous-system disorders that the nitrites family of drugs cause (such as poppers).

And on, and on, and on. Get the books.