Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine

Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine by Scoundreller on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @11:23AM (#28210881)

Congress depends on the blood supply more than average, but the risk to the blood supply was largely ignored because AIDS was supposed to be a homosexual/drug user disease in their minds.

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Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine by nieve on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:52AM (#28219242)

I was shocked to learn that Isaac Asimov died from complications of AIDS acquired via transfusion, but his doctors insisted on keeping it a secret from the public.

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Re:Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine by bluGill on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @08:47AM (#28220324)

For the most part our blood supply has good protection for blood born illness (between rules that prevent the high risk from donating and testing). That wasn't always the case. It is best to keep the mistakes of the past un talked about so that we don't spread fear of the blood supply which would kill far more people.

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