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This is great news if real!
i would hope someone like mr. gates would put his money where his mouth is and buy up a bunch to give to africa.
of course, provided this works.
Someone has been watching too much Apocalypse NowNot like it'll matter. The stuff will probably get stolen by warlords and the like. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that they later come and chop the immunised arm off for some stupid religious reason or to just make a point.
Yes that is what a vaccine does. What makes this vaccine so revolutionary?
It could possibly make this a "template" for all other pathogen based dieses.
Such as (bird) flu.
Yeah but how long until its available to the public and in wide numbers?
Vaccines have to go through tons and tons of testing before released onto the market dont they?
4 years sounds very short...
I'm a bit torn, as on one hand it's sure to reduce suffering; on the other hand, AIDS is/was useful in combatting overpopulation.
Always look on the bright side: AIDS will prevent overpopulation in certain African countries.
Yoda Power said:Ehh... no. This is a common misunderstanding.
The birthrate in a country decreases pretty much only when there is economic growth (or war obviously, but that's another matter). Having so many people infected with AIDS, economic growth is hold back in many places.
What economic growth? There is no real economic growth that would meet the needs of growing population. It wasn't there even before AIDS first appeared, so you can't blame AIDS for their lack of economic competence.
Growing population is the problem of Africa. It is actually a huge problem, both economic and humanitarian. Since they're obviously unable to use contraception and limit it by the less inhuman ways, mother nature needs to use the time-proven way - disease.
If AIDS kills off a part of the surplus, it will give them time to adjust.
Yoda Power said:I can blame AIDS for some of their lack of economic competence. Stating that AIDS does not affect the economy, when such a high percentage of the population is infected it's simply wrong.
What it really comes down to is this: Does the population explosion result in less economic growth? Or does less economic growth result in population explosion?
Fact is, that both are somewhat correct, and that's why Africa is stuck in such a bad situation, an evil circle if you like.
However removing one of the factors that contribute to the bad economy will be an improvement, and will not necessarily mean that the population growth rate increases further.
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Finally. You know; one would think, that with the number of peole who are immune to AIDS, they would have gotten it earlier.
If it actually works; it seems like we come across one of these stories every few months and it never pans out.