TED TALK HIV and the Flu

TED TALK

In this video, Seth Berkley  talks about HIV and flu virus. He explains that with the use of modern technology we are close to eliminating some virus' all together with vaccines. Vaccines are modified pathogens that are trained to recognize foreign virus' (also known as antigens) right away. When a foreign substance such as a virus enters the body. B cells are antibodies that remember the virus and are able to send out an alert when a virus enters the body. Killer T cells respond to that alert and attack and kill the virus. Because of vaccinations the B cells are able to remember the virus and T cells attack it quickly when it next enters the body.

In this video Berkley talks about effects of HIV compared to those who have the Influenza virus. He mentions the importance of the HIV vaccine. Berkley also mentions how vaccine were created, by using a chicken egg. I found this very interesting as I did not know where the vaccine originated from.

By educating those around the world about the HIV virus and how to prevent it would help out those who know nothing about HIV. With lots of research and by testing the vaccine it might one day be able to be sent out to everybody in the world.

Unfortunately I disagree with Berkley, I do not think at this time it is possible to get the HIV virus to every person who needs it. There is no way to get the resources needed in order to cure every infected person.  The HIV virus is constantly altering and adapting making it harder and harder to get rid of. With all the facts that Berkley talks about he does not convince me that everybody who has HIV will be cured of this disease.