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DistendedPendulusFrenulum		2009-09-24 07:14:19 AM

Woot, now I can go down to the Mine Shaft any time I want and just bugger away!

strapp3r		2009-09-24 08:10:09 AM

i'll be selling wet wipes just outside of the Manhole Club this weekend!

at80eighty		2009-09-24 08:10:28 AM

31.something% efficacy - still a long way to go - still a great start

jehovahs witness protection		2009-09-24 08:11:56 AM

According to the Phelps family this is a direct attack on one of god's creations.

fireclown		2009-09-24 08:13:38 AM

still no cure for cancer. But this is pretty good too. Good job all around.

redmond24		2009-09-24 08:14:00 AM

Not surprised the Army is funding an HIV vaccine. They're the ones who made the virus in the first place.

/just getting this out of the way, i don't really wear a tinfoil hat

Seth'n'Spectrum		2009-09-24 08:14:21 AM

Still no cure for cancer.

But who gives a fark when you can now enjoy cheap tricks under the downtown overpass again.

toilet engineer		2009-09-24 08:15:31 AM

Goddamn can you imagine volunteering for that study?

Fabric_Man		2009-09-24 08:15:48 AM

Noooooooooo! We must do everything possible to block this vaccine, or young people will have sex! Young people shouldn't be having sex! Young people shouldn't do anything immoral! Young people need to get off of my lawn! Without the threat of the AIDS, young people will act with imputance, having sex, listening to their music, and stealing my Social Security! No socialism! Down with young people!

/I need a nap

syrynxx		2009-09-24 08:16:48 AM

DistendedPendulusFrenulum: Woot, now I can go down to the Mine Shaft any time I want and just bugger away!

Only if they're Thai ladyboys! TFA implied it was specific to Thai virus strains only at this point, and unknown on your run-of-the-mill buttbugs.

at80eighty		2009-09-24 08:17:24 AM

toilet engineer: Goddamn can you imagine volunteering for that study?

good or bad thing?

HotWingConspiracy		2009-09-24 08:17:52 AM

He helped lead the study for the U.S. Army, which sponsored it with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

I farking hate socialism.

germ78		2009-09-24 08:17:54 AM

Does the cure involve finely ground money?

rubi_con_man		2009-09-24 08:18:02 AM

GODDAMNIT!

I thought it was bad when I turned 14 and AIDS came long and shut down the sexual revolution, ending casual sex and free love for most of the country.

and now, when I'm finally off the market, they get a vaccine for AIDS?! I think God hates my penis.

Rev. Skarekroe		2009-09-24 08:18:44 AM

Meanwhile, on the right hand side of the screen, America's fetish for circumcision continues.

Well I use Mac/Linux...		2009-09-24 08:18:45 AM

Anyone involved in the creation/distribution of this vaccine will be going to hell. The homosexuals who spread this disease are meant to die. Do not play God.

BigBooper		2009-09-24 08:19:18 AM

Like most (all?) viruses, HIV has many strains. In other words, an HIV vaccine will be more like the flu vaccine, they will be able to protect you against some strains of HIV, but new strains will keep popping up that won't be affected.

Still, this is a huge step forward.

cbackous		2009-09-24 08:20:13 AM

jehovahs witness protection: According to the Phelps family this is a direct attack on one of god's creations.

The sad part is, the hardcore religious people will try to stop this just like they tried to stop the HPV vaccine.

willflyforfood		2009-09-24 08:20:20 AM

germ78: Does the cure involve finely ground money?

WIN!

drjekel_mrhyde		2009-09-24 08:20:24 AM

DistendedPendulusFrenulum: Woot, now I can go down to the Mine Shaft any time I want and just bugger away!

You just gave me a asthma attack

fireclown		2009-09-24 08:20:32 AM

redmond24: Not surprised the Army is funding an HIV vaccine. They're the ones who made the virus in the first place.

In all fairness, the CIA is a different organization than the Army.

shivashakti		2009-09-24 08:22:35 AM

Oh, man..this will be a great pick-up line. The ladies are gonna love me now!

hicksfa2		2009-09-24 08:23:14 AM

So an AIDS vaccine has been created with a 31% efficiency?

So then this shouldn't come as any surprise...

....here comes the religious conservative wharrgarbl

pietaster		2009-09-24 08:23:20 AM

Africa can finally become a tourist hotspot!

TheMadChaosopher		2009-09-24 08:23:43 AM

I guess an experimental HIV vaccine is a good idea.

Or you could just NOT inject yourself with drugs and restrain yourself from having butt sex.

But to each his own I suppose...

mungo		2009-09-24 08:25:59 AM

...er, no.

It reduced infection rates by 31%. The people in the trial all recieved information about avoiding infection and so the infection rate was small in any event. As a result there are also fairly significant error bars around that 31%.

To coin a phrase, 'HIV is a bugger'.

/Yes, double entendre intended

dittybopper		2009-09-24 08:26:20 AM

HotWingConspiracy: He helped lead the study for the U.S. Army, which sponsored it with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

I farking hate socialism.

It's not socialism: It's military readiness. If AIDS wasn't fatal and/or debilitating and didn't effect military age people, they wouldn't farkin' care.

The military has been at the forefront of AIDS research ever since the 1980's, because it directly impacts their ability to do their mission. I remember getting AIDS tests back when I was in the military, especially the one on February 14th, 1988. Nothing like getting tested for a sexually transmitted disease on St. Valentines Day!

zootsuit		2009-09-24 08:26:41 AM

pietaster: Africa can ~~finally become~~ remain a tourist hot~~spot~~zone!

FTFY

shivashakti		2009-09-24 08:26:54 AM

pietaster: Africa can finally become a tourist hotspot!

Haiti: The Jewel of the Caribbean

PsyLord		2009-09-24 08:26:57 AM

But will it cause a) autism, b) sterility, c) "fast" zombies?

Inquisitive Inquisitor		2009-09-24 08:27:38 AM

cbackous: jehovahs witness protection: According to the Phelps family this is a direct attack on one of god's creations.

The sad part is, the hardcore religious people will try to stop this just like they tried to stop the HPV vaccine.

Let them complain. If an HIV vaccine is ever truly proven to be effective and released, it would save millions of future lives and possibly help save half a continent. The backlash against the hardcore wingnuts who proceed to fight against the vaccine will be epic.

Myth Sammich		2009-09-24 08:28:07 AM

This is amazing news. News that will be forgotten in a month and ignored in history. That's the way all these 'breaking news' articles go.

/Amirite?

kuaq		2009-09-24 08:29:39 AM

Autism or HIV/AIDS. I wonder what stupid Americans will pick...

Inquisitive Inquisitor		2009-09-24 08:29:41 AM

dittybopper:

It's not socialism: It's military readiness. If AIDS wasn't fatal and/or debilitating and didn't effect military age people, they wouldn't farkin' care.

The military has been at the forefront of AIDS research ever since the 1980's, because it directly impacts their ability to do their mission. I remember getting AIDS tests back when I was in the military, especially the one on February 14th, 1988. Nothing like getting tested for a sexually transmitted disease on St. Valentines Day!

That and the military is teeming with hidden homosexuals hell bent on destroying morale and ripping apart unit cohesion.

Poppyale		2009-09-24 08:30:03 AM

Myth Sammich: This is amazing news. News that will be forgotten in a month and ignored in history. That's the way all these 'breaking news' articles go.

/Amirite?

But we'll still be dancing to Thriller. And using ShamWow.

HotWingConspiracy		2009-09-24 08:30:55 AM

dittybopper: HotWingConspiracy: He helped lead the study for the U.S. Army, which sponsored it with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

I farking hate socialism.

It's not socialism: It's military readiness. If AIDS wasn't fatal and/or debilitating and didn't effect military age people, they wouldn't farkin' care.

The military has been at the forefront of AIDS research ever since the 1980's, because it directly impacts their ability to do their mission. I remember getting AIDS tests back when I was in the military, especially the one on February 14th, 1988. Nothing like getting tested for a sexually transmitted disease on St. Valentines Day!

The army is in league with the filthy commies at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. We've been infiltrated by the reds, my friend.

Shadowknight		2009-09-24 08:32:17 AM

TheMadChaosopher: I guess an experimental HIV vaccine is a good idea.

Or you could just NOT inject yourself with drugs and restrain yourself from having butt sex.

But to each his own I suppose...

Fun-fact: Homosexual relations is not the only way to contract HIV. I know of at least one medic that could be infected (don't know as of yet) thanks to a patient with HIV stabbing at them with their bloody keys (she tried to cut her own wrists with her house keys).

He's still waiting on the final tests to come through, and it's looking hopeful that he WASN'T infected, but it's a real bad situation for him.

groininjury		2009-09-24 08:32:27 AM

/packs for Haiti

dittybopper		2009-09-24 08:33:23 AM

HotWingConspiracy: dittybopper: HotWingConspiracy: He helped lead the study for the U.S. Army, which sponsored it with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

I farking hate socialism.

It's not socialism: It's military readiness. If AIDS wasn't fatal and/or debilitating and didn't effect military age people, they wouldn't farkin' care.

The military has been at the forefront of AIDS research ever since the 1980's, because it directly impacts their ability to do their mission. I remember getting AIDS tests back when I was in the military, especially the one on February 14th, 1988. Nothing like getting tested for a sexually transmitted disease on St. Valentines Day!

The army is in league with the filthy commies at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. We've been infiltrated by the reds, my friend.

You forgot the flouridation.

HotWingConspiracy		2009-09-24 08:33:46 AM

Shadowknight		2009-09-24 08:34:00 AM

dittybopper: It's not socialism: It's military readiness. If AIDS wasn't fatal and/or debilitating and didn't effect military age people, they wouldn't farkin' care.

The military has been at the forefront of AIDS research ever since the 1980's, because it directly impacts their ability to do their mission. I remember getting AIDS tests back when I was in the military, especially the one on February 14th, 1988. Nothing like getting tested for a sexually transmitted disease on St. Valentines Day!

You know what's really funny? I have a friend who found out he got herpes from his cheating girlfriend on Thanksgiving.

madblader		2009-09-24 08:34:55 AM

Not really a vaccine if it only works less than 1/3rd of the time.

PsyLord		2009-09-24 08:36:26 AM

dittybopper: HotWingConspiracy: dittybopper: HotWingConspiracy: He helped lead the study for the U.S. Army, which sponsored it with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

I farking hate socialism.

It's not socialism: It's military readiness. If AIDS wasn't fatal and/or debilitating and didn't effect military age people, they wouldn't farkin' care.

The military has been at the forefront of AIDS research ever since the 1980's, because it directly impacts their ability to do their mission. I remember getting AIDS tests back when I was in the military, especially the one on February 14th, 1988. Nothing like getting tested for a sexually transmitted disease on St. Valentines Day!

The army is in league with the filthy commies at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. We've been infiltrated by the reds, my friend.

You forgot the flouridation.

You must protect the precious bodily fluids...

i.zdnet.com

RowdyPants		2009-09-24 08:37:32 AM

Sucks if you got the placebo...

HotWingConspiracy		2009-09-24 08:37:44 AM

dittybopper: HotWingConspiracy: dittybopper: HotWingConspiracy: He helped lead the study for the U.S. Army, which sponsored it with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

I farking hate socialism.

It's not socialism: It's military readiness. If AIDS wasn't fatal and/or debilitating and didn't effect military age people, they wouldn't farkin' care.

The military has been at the forefront of AIDS research ever since the 1980's, because it directly impacts their ability to do their mission. I remember getting AIDS tests back when I was in the military, especially the one on February 14th, 1988. Nothing like getting tested for a sexually transmitted disease on St. Valentines Day!

The army is in league with the filthy commies at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. We've been infiltrated by the reds, my friend.

You forgot the flouridation.

I've been drinking nothing but Coors Light since infancy.