Comments on: Merck HIV Vaccine Increases Risk of HIV Infection http://www.highlighthealth.com/health-news/merck-hiv-vaccine-increases-risk-of-hiv-infection/ Discover the Science of Health Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:06:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Walter http://www.highlighthealth.com/health-news/merck-hiv-vaccine-increases-risk-of-hiv-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-2976 Walter Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:47:53 +0000 http://www.highlighthealth.com/health-news/merck-hiv-vaccine-increases-risk-of-hiv-infection/#comment-2976 Hi Chrysalis - good question. We've vaccinated for diseases before without understanding how to cure them. Consider smallpox - the vaccination program all but eradicated the virus, yet there is no treatment for it. Hi Isabelle - thanks for your thoughts. Your comment raises an interesting question: if we could cure a prevalent disease, would we still attempt to vaccinate against it? Hi Chrysalis – good question. We’ve vaccinated for diseases before without understanding how to cure them. Consider smallpox – the vaccination program all but eradicated the virus, yet there is no treatment for it.

Hi Isabelle – thanks for your thoughts. Your comment raises an interesting question: if we could cure a prevalent disease, would we still attempt to vaccinate against it?

]]> By: Chrysalis Angel http://www.highlighthealth.com/health-news/merck-hiv-vaccine-increases-risk-of-hiv-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-2930 Chrysalis Angel Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:24:52 +0000 http://www.highlighthealth.com/health-news/merck-hiv-vaccine-increases-risk-of-hiv-infection/#comment-2930 My thought was how do they find something to block it, and yet they don't know enough about it to cure it. I am thinking about the whole process of how we come up with vaccines vs coming up with cures. I'm not a scientist so the whole process was something I was mulling over. Sorry Walter, I'll mull to myself next time.:) My thought was how do they find something to block it, and yet they don’t know enough about it to cure it. I am thinking about the whole process of how we come up with vaccines vs coming up with cures. I’m not a scientist so the whole process was something I was mulling over. Sorry Walter, I’ll mull to myself next time.:)

]]> By: Isabelle http://www.highlighthealth.com/health-news/merck-hiv-vaccine-increases-risk-of-hiv-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-2928 Isabelle Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:47:23 +0000 http://www.highlighthealth.com/health-news/merck-hiv-vaccine-increases-risk-of-hiv-infection/#comment-2928 C. Angel: If I'm not totally off base, I think that is the whole point of a vaccine, that since you cannot cure it, at least you can try to prevent it from infecting new cases. C. Angel: If I’m not totally off base, I think that is the whole point of a vaccine, that since you cannot cure it, at least you can try to prevent it from infecting new cases.

]]> By: Chrysalis Angel http://www.highlighthealth.com/health-news/merck-hiv-vaccine-increases-risk-of-hiv-infection/comment-page-1/#comment-2920 Chrysalis Angel Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:02:11 +0000 http://www.highlighthealth.com/health-news/merck-hiv-vaccine-increases-risk-of-hiv-infection/#comment-2920 Interesting Walter. If they can't kill it, how can they learn to protect against it, meaning immunize against it? Perhaps I'm equating a cure with prevention and that is not the same thing. Interesting Walter. If they can’t kill it, how can they learn to protect against it, meaning immunize against it? Perhaps I’m equating a cure with prevention and that is not the same thing.

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