I was watching a news segment the other morning discussing AIDS awareness day. It makes me wonder if there would be an even bigger outcry over an AIDS vaccine.
Any thoughts?
i live in a country riddled with aids, aids orphans and poverty caused by the virus. this year alone i have been to tonnes of funerals of people dying of AIDS-related illenesses.
AIDS is something close to my heart since everywhere i go for interact, i get to do with people suffering because of it.
these are some of my thoughts/responses...
An HIV vaccine will never be successful because the virus mutates too fast.
i'm interested in how such a vaccine would work because
1. isn't a virus extremely hard to treat
2. it's in your blood... how do you treat a blood virus that gets pumped through your whole body?
but also, i would say it oculd work
if the patient is on a healthy diet and looks after his/her immune system (after all, that is what the virus attacks)
This comes from the same stable of people who oppose making condoms available in schools, as they equate arming the youth with information and protection with giving them a license to fornicate.
yes, SA-schools have been debating such things for a while now and it does make sense, because i know the only reason some of my friends are still virgins is because they can't acquire any contraceptives and are too scared of falling pregnant or getting an STD
i pray often that God give the scientists the right mind to create the vaccine/cure and quickly.
That would be a glorious, glorious day.
yes indeed!
I dont think there will ever be an AIDS vaccine because there is just WAY too much money tied up in AIDS research, charities, medical care etc etc.
Cure AIDS and you're sealing up a GOLD MINE and people know it.
ditto. any of you ever heard of colonial silver? it is said to be able to even cure AIDS, but it will never be made to full use since pharmaceutical companies will see to it that anyone promoting it
is taken care of. imagine the loss to other companies with the introduction of a medicine that can cure pratically anything?
my opinion?
1. on the one hand, an aids vaccine would seem to give people the licence to act sexually irresponsible etc etc
2. but on the other hand, aids is costing countries money that they simply do not have!
3. grants, ARV's etc are taking away valuable money from other areas that need it as much
4. millions of people are dying of the virus
5. no, i would not say aids is a punsihment... is a consequence of certain actions (not all in our hands, e.g. rape) and not something that makes God happy in the least.
6. imo, an aids vaccine, with the proper testing and legislation (e.g. only one vaccine per person ever) could work wonders