Should we stop looking for a H.I.V. vaccine and instead focus on prevention through education?
A much-heralded H.I.V. vaccine has failed to work in a large clinical trial, dealing another serious setback to efforts to stop the AIDS epidemic.

YES
# The failure has reinforced the view that H.I.V. is unlike any infection for which scientists can successfully develop a vaccine and it’s better we focus on prevention through education.
# The latest failure in the search for an AIDS vaccine proves that we should stop testing HIV vaccines on humans.
NO
# It’s never been easy to develop vaccines to battle viruses. The only way viral diseases such as polio and smallpox have ever been eradicated is through vaccination and there are always frustrating stories to be told about getting a vaccine.
# The quest for a vaccine needs to continue but it's too dangerous to test on people.





