Researchers Warn Some Cx_vid-1×9 Wax_cines Could Increase Risk Of HIV Infection — More and more People are Testing Positive for HIV – Sh_ts Linked to HIV (AIDS) Infection??
- Researchers Warn Some Covid-19 Vaccines Could Increase Risk Of HIV Infection
by Robert Hart, Forbes Staff, https://www.forbes.com/ , 20 Oct 2020
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Some of the Covid-19 vaccines currently in development could increase the risk of acquiring HIV, warned a group of researchers in the The Lancet medical journal Monday, potentially leading to an increase in infections as vaccines are rolled out to vulnerable populations around the world.
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* The researchers warn of a “cautionary tale” from efforts to create an HIV vaccine over a decade ago, where a promising vaccine candidate actually increased the risk of some men catching the virus.
* The vaccine made use of a modified virus — called adenovirus 5 (Ad5) — as a vector to transport some of HIV’s genetic material into the body.
* Exactly how the vaccine increased the risks of HIV transmission is unknown, but a conference convened by the National Institutes of Health recommended against further use of Ad5 as a vector in HIV vaccines (Dr. Anthony Fauci was lead author of the paper outlining this position.)
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