"HIV is a classic case where the wait for a vaccine has proved quite long and in the meantime, things that ought to have been done were not done or were shelved because the promise was, 'It's coming!' ...and that [risk] has to be balanced out." Maryke Steffens is a freelance science and health journalist. This article is part of a Spotlight on Tackling chronic diseases. You might also like
"El VIH es un caso típico en el que la espera de una vacuna ha demostrado ser bastante larga y mientras tanto lo que debió hacerse no se hizo o se dejó de lado porque la promesa era '¡está a punto de llegar!'... y ese (riesgo) tiene que ser equilibrado", finaliza.