Tremere1974
Tremere1974 t1_iyl5grv wrote
Reply to comment by Alwayssunnyinarizona in Vaccine prompts HIV antibodies in 97 per cent of people in small study by tonymmorley
IMHO, the most life saving vaccine out there that is being criminally underutilized is for HPV. Eliminating close to 80% of uterine cancers over a lifetime, and the acceptance rate is piss poor. It's disgusting.
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And hearing "If vaccines work, why isn't there one for AIDS yet?" does frustrate things, and I tend to simplify things for those who by their knowledge level a hamster and a Tiger ought to behave identically.
Tremere1974 t1_iyknipy wrote
HIV like COVID is a RNA virus. Like COVID, HIV mutates a lot. Vaccines are not very effective for RNA virsus over time because of the mutations.
Vaccines work well against DNA viruses though, so don't consider this a antivaxx post, it's just that RNA viruses are inherently antivaxx themselves.
Tremere1974 t1_iylbtqv wrote
Reply to comment by m0nk37 in Vaccine prompts HIV antibodies in 97 per cent of people in small study by tonymmorley
Mutate a lot in this context would mean having HIV antibodies for a single strain of HIV is as helpful as holding onto a cup of seawater while swimming in the ocean.
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That some viruses do change their genetic encoding disturbingly fast, too fast to get a complete Vaccine for every variant of a common virus out there, it means giving ammunition to those who say vaccines don't work.