Article: Mexico Approves First Dengue Vaccine

[jlevine]

Hi,

I thought I'd post this article about Mexico's approval of a dengue vaccine. It looks like the vaccine offers some hope but it is only 60-66% effective.

Mexico approves first dengue vaccine - Caribbean Business


Thanks!

 

[DandyDon]

Even at 60% effective, wide spread use could disrupt the breeding cycle of the disease. That's why the flu vaccine works, if the population cooperates.

 

[gopbroek]

I was having a conversation at Ohana's an hour ago in which I stated that if they could come up with a vacine that was close to 50% effective I would welcome it. Any
news as to when it will become available?

 

[ggunn]

I was having a conversation at Ohana's an hour ago in which I stated that if they could come up with a vacine that was close to 50% effective I would welcome it. Any
news as to when it will become available?

I heard about it on the radio today. This is from my admittedly questionable memory: You have to be between 14 and 45 years old and living in a declared epidemic zone to get it.

 

[Aquanomad]

On the Big Island we are having an outbreak and im in a high risk zone. Looks promising.

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[jlevine]

I go to Puerto Rico a lot and dengue gets a fair amount of publicity. Taking the US Caribbean islands' and Aquanomad's Hawaii account into consideration, I hope the US government is considering this as well.

 

[DjDiverDan]

I go to Puerto Rico a lot and dengue gets a fair amount of publicity. Taking the US Caribbean islands' and Aquanomad's Hawaii account into consideration, I hope the US government is considering this as well.

Good luck with that. With our FDA regulatory apparatus, it costs a minimum of $5 million just in legal costs, plus the costs of clinical trials, to get any new drug approved. In the name of "protecting" us Americans from presumptively predatory drug companies, the FDA will delay (for a minimum of 5-7 years) the introduction of any new drug or vaccine, and, for the few that make it through the regulatory gauntlet, make certain that the costs are high enough that won't be made available to those that really need it. Thanks, Uncle Sam, for "protecting" me!