#HIVVaxNow. A campaign for an HIV vaccine ASAP. Is is possible. HIV mRNA vax research needs to get re-started.
Just when very positive Phase 1 test results were coming out of Moderna, the project got halted. Finding a vaccine for HIV didn't seem to be anyone's priority. Now the African effort is stopped.
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Launching a campaign to get an HIV vaccine. It is possible.
What atonished me was that the very promising mRNA HIV vaccine project by Moderna was halted for a stupid reason, but also that it seemed no one cared. The LGBTQ+ media didn’t give it much attention. There didn’t seem to be any concern that despite mRNA promising to be a revolutionary technologies for vaccines and general including HIV, and being the one bright hope for an HIV vaccine, that there was no mRNA HIV vaccine program now underway in Phase 1. The hashtag is #HIVVaxNow asking that there be an HIV vaccine now.
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The reason to hold it up was valid. However, a good report as to why hasn’t been available. This isn’t a serious obstacle, and it may not be related to the mRNA vaccine, since there wasn’t a control group. However, the only inquiries questioning why this was delayed seem to be by myself. Also, now knowing this, what is supposed to happen next?
I have a post on the halting of the Moderna project. It stopped, hasn’t been re-started and the LGBTQ+ leadership, or anyone for that matter seems to care.
Worse there is this recent news of the BRILLIANT project in Africa which was working with animal tests for an mRNA HIV vaccine is now halted.
The mRNA technology is amazing. The basic technology, along with self-replicating and circular mRNA technologies opens new vistas in vaccines and therapeutics. There are now treatments for cancer come out of this. I wrote up a summary with basic and also more advance explanations and also video explanations of the power of mRNA technology and the specific promises it holds for Gays.
I think because of the long years without a vaccine being developed, too many Gays have acquiesced into thinking that HIV will always be around and that there is nothing that can be done.
A HIV vaccine is possible. Not only is there the new mRNA technology, but there are other new emerging vaccine technologies.
What is necessary is a Gay community waking up to the possibility and being willing to act to press for the development of a working HIV vaccine.
I have created this log type post of all the writings I have done on HIV.
To support the campaign I got a petition at Change.org, but I am not going to rely on a petition alone.
I plan on writing letters, and I plan on having a post with sample letters. I am also thinking of a post where I have copies of letters others have done. When I get these modules completed I will post them and have a link to them here.
»»» Location to post a link to a module with example letters for people to copy to write their elected official to support getting an HIV vaccine. «««
Of course I will be mentioning the campaign in this newsletter. There will be a link to this post, and of course I will be sharing it on social media.
I will be thinking of other things we can do. If you have ideas, pm me.
There are a lot of individuals and organizations who have a financial stake in the current HIV situation.
I see anyone actively blocking the vaccine, but I just can’t make sense of my there is no current mRNA HIV vaccine underway and why the Moderna effort halted.
I think we need to keep alert for such a possibility, but not be obsessed with it.
MEMES
I also have created some memes for the campaign. Feel free to use them, but do refer to this page or the campaign in some way. These are the memes I have designed so far.
I love them!!