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Letter to President Trump to Get HIV vaccine testing started again. It was stopped because of bureaucratic politics.
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Feb. 2, 2025
Edward H. Sebesta
Dallas, Texas 75216
President Donald J. Trump
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Hon. Trump:
Early in 2024 very promising research into an HIV vaccine was stupidly stopped by bureaucratic politics. The article reporting on it was in Science, Vol. 383, Issue 6687, March 8, 2024, page 1044. Online and page pdfs enclosed.
Or:
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.adp0477
The article points out that:
Most of these skin problems quickly resolved and weren't severe enough to stop any trial,
And:
One of the most promising attempts to reinvigorate the stalled quest for an HIV vaccine has hit a snag that might seem minor but has major consequences: delaying the larger trials needed to show whether the concept works.
This rational for halting the test was infuriating.
Most of these skin problems quickly resolved and weren't severe enough to stop any trial, but researchers do not want to minimize them. “At a time when vaccine hesitancy is high, it is critically important not to dismiss urticaria as an unimportant side effect,” says Kimberly Blumenthal, an allergist at Massachusetts General Hospital. [Boldface added.]
Is this really a reason to halt trials because of another political issue?!
Let me make something really clear, they said that in one trial 11 out of 60 got the rash. Gays would be overjoyed to get the vaccine even if the rash happened 100% of the time, lasted twice as long and we need three shots instead of two.
Also, are their people who don’t want an AIDS vaccine found?
There is a lot of cash flow with AIDS. There are the cost of medicines, treatment, counseling, and safe sex instruction. If a cure for AIDS was found tomorrow, a lot of people would be out of work, lots of cash wouldn’t be flowing to those who get it now.
With a vaccine, there wouldn’t be immediate unemployment, but there would be a steady decline in patients over time.
I am not saying there is any effort currently to block an HIV vaccine, I don’t know, likely this halt is due to sheer bureaucratic politics, but I think we need to be aware that there are financial interests.
I ask that you do the following.
1. Take measures to get the development program of this HIV vaccine moving again and going ahead full speed.
2. Make sure that the federal health departments don’t needlessly halt development of this vaccine.
3. Make sure Moderna doesn’t get blocked or bothered in their efforts to develop an HIV vaccine.
AIDS is the great scourge of the Gay community globally. Other groups are afflicted by it in some places also.
If an HIV vaccine is finally developed, the Gay community would be celebrating for days.
Sincerely Yours,
Edward H. Sebesta
