Australian COVID vaccine cancelled after Phase I trials produced false positive HIV test results!

[thewayne]

Not exactly something you want to see in a vaccine!

From the article:
"The (vaccine's) molecular clamp is made from a HIV protein, which on its own is harmless. The molecular clamp stabilizes the coronavirus spike protein and presents it to the body in a way that promotes a good immune response. This is why the clamp technology is so vital," Taylor said.

He added that the clamp model vaccine had shown "good safety and immune response" against the coronavirus in early clinical trials, and the possibility for generating an HIV positive result had been thought to be low.

Yeah. Apparently not as low as they'd thought!

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/australia/australia-vaccine-hiv-intl-hnk/index.html

Comments

[thewayne]

It definitely could easily be part of the consent process, but people would still freak.  Then there's the follow-on question is how long would you get false-positive results?  If we have to get COVID A/V shots on an on-going basis, as many are expecting, then this will be a never-ending problem.

[lxe]

Then there's the follow-on question is how long would you get false-positive results?

Until a different HIV test is used (I can fairly easily imagine a setup that's 100% specific to the actual virus if, instead of detecting trace quantities of (any) chemicals, it lets the HIV virus grow in vitro on a cell sample).