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Whatever form the next attack takes, all evidence suggests that the nation is still largely unprepared. That's beginning to change. The NRC has plans to beef up already heightened security at power plants, and public health officials are beginning to get serious about staving off biological assaults. Last year...
Further complicating the issue is the fact that while Godot appears healthy, he is still infected with the AIDS virus. That means even in the best case scenario, this "vaccine" might only be capable of keeping a person?s viral load under control, or even imperceptible - but it would not...
"What do people think when you give them a vaccine that doesn?t actually prevent the virus from entering the body? They think, oh, well, you wouldn?t have given me this if it didn?t work," Dr. Laurence says. "So people go out and engage in high-risk behaviors...
Still, there are reasons to welcome this news. "We don?t have an AIDS vaccine right now," says Dr. Laurence, "and it?s generally accepted that the vaccines in trials right now have no chance of working. So news like this is very encouraging,"
Hopeful as the initial signs may be, however, don?t look for the Yerkes vaccine to hit the U.S. anytime soon. The first place the vaccine would likely be used in a human form is in very high-risk areas like sub-Saharan Africa, where the infection rate has skyrocketed...