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AIDS Vaccine Is Partially Successful

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-sure-thirty-percent-is-gonna-cut-it dept.

ifchairscouldtalk writes "A Phase III 'RV 144' study in Thailand succeeded in reducing HIV infection rate in trial with 31.2% effectiveness. The study was conducted by the Thailand Ministry of Public Health and used strains of HIV common in Thailand. It is not clear whether the vaccine, which combines AIDSVAX with Aventis Pasteur ALVAC-HIV canarypox vector, known as 'vCP1521,' would work against other strains in the United States, Africa or elsewhere. Strangely, the vaccine had no effect on levels of HIV in the blood of those who did become infected, providing 'one of the most important and intriguing findings' of the trial, according to Dr Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is one of the trial's sponsors."

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  1. Thumbs up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    THIS is a real finding people. THIS is helping people. Swine flu vaccine is manipulating people. Gullible fucking sheep.

    1. Re:Thumbs up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Helping queer's and druggy's.

    2. Re:Thumbs up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      There is only one cure for AIDS. If you are tested positive for HIV, total quarantine for the rest of your life (with everyone else with HIV).

      Libya is a good choice of locations.

    3. Re:Thumbs up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      And nigger's. Don't forget the nigger's.

    4. Re:Thumbs up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Well, the virus came from a monkey, which is a nigger, so how can you forget the group that caused this AIDS epidemic?

  2. Re:Lulz by 4D6963 · · Score: -1, Troll

    It doesn't mean anything. too small of a sample

    No you dumb cunt, if you had any clue what you're talking about you'd know it is comfortably significant. Can't do the math to tell you the precise odds because I forgot how, but it's big enough to tell you that it works for sure.

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  3. Re:Lulz by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Uhh no retard, this wasn't even remotely a controlled experiment. Unless they exposed all of the participants to HIV, how can you make any real conclusions about the effectiveness of the vaccine?

  4. Pools Closed.. by gandhi_2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Everyone has AIDS!
    AIDS AIDS AIDS!
    AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS!
    Everyone has AIDS!


    And so this is the end of our story
    And everyone is dead from AIDS
    It took from me my best friend
    My only true pal
    My only bright star (he died of AIDS)


    Well I'm gonna march on Washington
    Lead the fight and charge the brigades
    There's a hero inside of all of us
    I'll make them see everyone has AIDS


    My father (AIDS!)
    My sister (AIDS!)
    My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS AIDS AIDS!)
    The gays and the straights
    And the white and the spades

    Everyone has AIDS!
    My grandma and my dog 'ol blue (AIDS AIDS AIDS)
    The pope has got it and so do you (AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS)
    C'mon everybody we got quilting to do (AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS)
    We gotta break down these baricades, everyone has
    AIDS! x 20

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  5. Re:No hurry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes - Thank you and the rest of your generation for your contribution to the epidemic.

  6. Re:Vaccine Is Partially Successful by blankaBrew · · Score: 1, Troll

    Agreed. They ought to start administering this to the whores.

  7. Re:HIV Vaccine by DriedClexler · · Score: 0, Troll

    Okay, but if we're just talking about preventative measures, why not just tell people not to have anal sex, which is the primary mode of transmission?

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