Comments on: Renewed Hope for an HIV Vaccine

By: Kayla

Kayla — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:20:17 +0000

I can’t wait until the day when we can all say there is a cure for HIV. Just think about all the lives that will be saved, keep going and thank you for your hard work!

By: Maggie S.

Maggie S. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:24:12 +0000

If a vaccination for HIV/AIDS was developed million of lives around the globe could be saved. In the 1980s when HIV/AIDS began infecting society, it was a death sentence. Individuals were stigmatized, refused medical services, and the disease had a 100% kill rate. As time has progressed I think, or at least I hope, that as a society we have surpassed the nonsensical stigmatization of the past towards HIV/AIDS patients. In the past thirty years, scientists have transformed the lives of HIV/AIDS patients by developing medical regimens that do not cure the disease, but make it into a manageable chronic condition.
Unfortunately, around the world in developing countries, they do not experience the luxuries of scientific breakthrough at the same rate as we do in the U.S.. Millions of men, women, and children lose their lives every year to HIV/AIDS. Although HIV/AIDS is preventable by practicing safe sex, not sharing needles, etc., there are societal and informational issues in developing areas that make it difficult for individuals to protect themselves from the vicious disease.
I hope that in my lifetime a vaccine is developed. The trend line for HIV/AIDS in some U.S. populations is on an incline, which is very scary because I worry that people have brushed HIV/AIDS to the side, and are not as worried about it anymore. In addition, the rate of infection around the world is generally not improving. The development of an HIV/AIDS vaccine would not just save lives, but it would change the world as we know it.

By: Bernie

Bernie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:08:52 +0000

This is very encouraging due to the fact that this disease has become a real threat to single women and African Americans in the US. I think Americans have relaxed since the outbreak of the disease, prevention educatioin needs to be highten in some areas of the US populous.

By: Elizabeth conway

Elizabeth conway — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:08:38 +0000

i hope thats going to happend soon because most of the people around the world are dieing beacuse of hiv. i cant wait for that to happend. keep working hard.

By: Orange County Dermatologist

Orange County Dermatologist — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:27:59 +0000

It will be a great day when we can say that we have a cure for HIV. Keep up the good work.