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May 27,
2003 NIAID SURVEY: MANY
THINK AIDS VACCINE SECRETLY EXISTS
According to recent surveys conducted by the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, 20 percent of Americans think that an HIV/AIDS
vaccine exists and is being kept a secret. Even higher percentages of
blacks (48 percent) and Hispanics (28 percent) believe there is a secret
AIDS vaccine. These minority populations were
also the strongest supporters of HIV vaccine research, however, with
96 percent of blacks and 94 percent of Hispanics saying that vaccine
research was “extremely” or “very” important. A third of the 3,500 people surveyed also believe that test vaccines
can cause HIV infections in clinical trial volunteers. Another 44 percent
of the survey participants were unsure about the possibility of volunteer
infections. NIAID Director Anthony S.
Fauci, M.D., says that the institute is planning educational efforts “to help correct misconceptions” about
ongoing HIV vaccine research, especially in light of the need for future
vaccine testing volunteers. NIAID will complete
its full analysis of the survey by late summer 2003. To read more about
the
survey and NIH’s AIDS research, go to here.
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