HIV mRNA Vaccines-Progress and Future Paths
Seeing how much widespread PrEP (daily pill to prevent getting HIV) usage has led to an increased amount of unsafe sex makes me worry about the next 'HIV'. Too many young people, specifically gay males, think as long as they are safe from HIV, they are safe enough. Unfortunately other STDs can have serious side effects, and in the long term can mutate into something more deadly.<p>That being said, progress towards an HIV vaccine will clearly lead to less deaths than an increased amount of unsafe sex, and remains a noble goal. I just hope we as humanity can develop cures quicker than we can breed viruses. Watching covid varriants pop up worries me, but perhaps a quicker to production mRNA vaccine will allow us to remain ahead of it.