The biggest mosquito-borne disease in the world has a cure. There’s just one problem. No one wants to make it.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/471977/the-biggest-mosquito-borne-disease-in-the-world-has-a-cure-theres-just-one-problem?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IkZFOHI3aU1VS0giLCJwIjoiL2Z1dHVyZS1wZXJmZWN0LzQ3MTk3Ny90aGUtYmlnZ2VzdC1tb3NxdWl0by1ib3JuZS1kaXNlYXNlLWluLXRoZS13b3JsZC1oYXMtYS1jdXJlLXRoZXJlcy1qdXN0LW9uZS1wcm9ibGVtIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY3MDU0ODc0LCJpYXQiOjE3NjU4NDUyNzR9.N4nHZ8mzxQQ0MUbCkqNQSYtUCFt40tj9lnJ5F1eOJEM
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frongt@lemmy.zip · 75 pts · 283d
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 pts · 283d
I thought we already have a working vaccine for Dengue?
silence7@slrpnk.net · 37 pts · 283d
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 pts · 282d
Wasn't it Bill Gates whole thing to invest in mosquito vaccines for poor people? Why isn't he on this anymore?
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 282d
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 pts · 283d
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.
1.ceramics926@kopitalk.net · 16 pts · 283d
Dengue is slowly creeping north as far as Colorado. Are you sure no one wants to make it?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10112025/colorado-invasive-dengue-fever-mosquito/