Dogman wrote:
Doug Freyburger wrote:

Efforts to create a vaccine have all failed so far. That's not the same
thing as a prediction that none will ever work. Time will tell.

My prediction that none will work is based on the idea that HIV is
already harmless.

Scenario - A virus is harmful. A vaccine is developed and deployed.
The infection rate and death rate goes down. The virus is effectively
proven to have caused the disease.

Scenario - A virus is harmless. A vaccine is developed and deployed.
The infection rate and death rate are unchanged. The virus is
effectively proven to be have been harmless.

Scenario - No vaccine is ever developed or deployed. Other methods need
to be used to prove the issue.

It doesn't kill cells.

The very successful viruses do not.