Opinion: Animal activists are on the wrong side of the fight against AIDS
Ending a scientific practice like animal research that could help defeat HIV/AIDS is reckless at best — and inhumane at worst.
AIDS could soon be history.
Johnson & Johnson recently announced plans to test an experimental HIV vaccine in the United States, South America, and Europe. It’s already conducting a clinical trial of the vaccine in Africa, with results expected in 2021. If successful, this research could yield a workable vaccine within 10 years.
AIDS was once a death sentence. A quarter-century ago, HIV/AIDS among Americans aged 25 to 44. But over the last four decades, scientists have made significant progress against the disease and the virus that causes it. Today, someone diagnosed with HIV can expect to as someone without it, thanks to the latest antiretroviral treatments.
