[Maximus of Texas]

Wall, sorry to hear that your volunteering didn’t work out. Hope you spent that $5 well.

[Millee]

I’m sorry for you. I hope they keep trying.

[Abathar]

Geez, who would want to be a test subject on that one...

[HangnJudge]

Merck was playing up that research...

Glad I do not own any of the stock,
It’s gonna take a hit

Looks OK so far in after hours trading

[taxesareforever]

Guess it’s back to square one and the only remedy to HIV.Cease homo sex and stop using drugs. Sounds like a simple remedy to me. But then again, how are the homos going to keep doing what they want to do without the risk of HIV? Yep, got to spend billions trying to find a preventive drug for them.

[printhead]

This combined with news that their HPV vaccine isn’t living up to expectations makes for a bad day for Merck.

[edpc]

Officials at Merck told The Associated Press that 24 of 741 volunteers who got the vaccine in one segment of the trial later become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In a comparison group of volunteers who got dummy shots, 21 of 762 participants also became infected with HIV.

The study volunteers were all free of HIV at the start of the experiment. But they were at high risk for getting HIV: most were homosexual men or female sex workers. They were all repeatedly counseled about how to reduce their risk of HIV infections, including use of condoms, according to Merck.

I am not sure the "vaccine" is to blame. It sounds like the statistics are lower than the failure rate of your average condom. Repeated risky behavior certainly doesn't help the odds. If you get a flu shot, you don't go around purposely engaging in contact with flu-ridden people.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

"A promising experimental vaccine to prevent the AIDS virus has failed in a crucial experiment, with volunteers becoming infected with HIV anyway, leading the drug developer to halt the study."

Monkey Virus Alert:

What they don't tell you about vaccines may kill you...