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Re:Immunity Project – HIV Vaccine Development Program [pdf] by rgejman on Monday January 27, 2014 @09:21PM (#7134899)
Another thing I want to point out is that your home page touts safety as a design point. The text under "SAFE" says "Our vaccine does not contain killed viruses, live viruses, or genetically-modified viruses." I STRONGLY object to this language as it implies that inactivated (killed) and live* viruses are unsafe in general. This is simply not true. I believe most clinically used vaccines are either inactivated or attenuated.

I understand that you're trying to make sure people understand that your vaccine is safe. However, implying that other vaccines are unsafe because they are inactivated or attenuated does a disservice to the entire vaccine industry.

*I think you mean 'attenuated' here, not live

Re:Immunity Project – HIV Vaccine Development Program [pdf] by reidrubsamen on Monday January 27, 2014 @09:29PM (#7134923)
Thanks for the comment! We did not mean to imply that existing vaccines were dangerous and will modify the language on the site to clarify.