My Daily Toke

Apparently i’ve been living under a rock becuase I had absolutely no clue that a vaccine was even being made, let alone that it had entered a trial on humans. On monday South Arica launched a trial of an AIDS vaccine that was developed by its own researchers. The South African vaccine was developed at the University of Cape Town and targets the specific HIV strain that has affected a huge part of the population in South Africa. It is also undergoing safety tests at a trial involving 12 volunteers in Boston that began earlier this year.

Though this advance does seem extraordinary to me, i’ve ust learned that it isn’t the first time that a vaccine has made its way through South Africa. South Africa was the site of the biggest setback to AIDS vaccine research, when the most promising vaccine ever, produced by Merck & Co., was tested there in 2007. Researchers found that people who got the vaccine were more likely to contract HIV than those who did not. That news is quite bizzare and also ecuse that persons crazy finger nail below the vial, I guess they were searching for old corn earlier..yuck