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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 75 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dengue. And the reason is, of course, that it's not as profitable as other drugs. This is why we pay taxes.

[–] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought we already have a working vaccine for Dengue?

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We do. And it prevents about 80% of cases for people who get the vaccine. Having mosquito control, a vaccine, and a treatment would be better than having only the first two. But it takes money to do a phase 3 trial of a drug, and its hard to get private funding for studies like that when a disease mostly impacts poor people

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wasn't it Bill Gates whole thing to invest in mosquito vaccines for poor people? Why isn't he on this anymore?

Probably because it wouldn’t be done until after he’s dead, and he wants to be congratulated and thanked for it by everyone

[–] avg@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

If you are referring to the same vaccine I looked into years ago, it was only given to people that had already had dengue at least once before, dengue is only dangerous if you catch a different strain the second time around...or so that's what I understood about it.