Rational-Vaxxer

Nah, it does sound pretty cheesy. My friend who helped me set this up (I'm new to Reddit) even told me that my intro sounded like an infomercial, but none of it is a lie and I'm not here looking for handouts, and it wont be on the market to purchase until it is proven effective in further studies. Just trying to spread awareness of the change.org petition that another trial participant made, and to tell my story.

Trust me, if you had sores on your dick 3x a month for 20 years and then you didn't- you'd sound pretty enthusiastic about it too lol.

Or maybe you'd do what most people would do and not tell anyone at all. My friend joked with me after the CBS interview that I'm becoming the "face of herpes," but if I'm spreading hope and awareness, that makes it worth it to me.

and by worked.... I mean I no longer suffer and get outbreaks. I was getting 2 to 3 a month. I've only had one in almost 7 months. as a plus 65% of the Phase one participants have gone into complete remission.

I was on Valtrex off and on for years but had to intermittently stop because of elevated liver levels. Valtrex is not that effective but served its purpose. No tests have been done on viral shedding as of yet. Dr. Bills major concern was to help people and end their physical pain and suffering first. At this point HSV is a Pandemic and needs to be dealt with ASAP.

Well what the company is aiming for is a functional cure- as in, the virus will still be latent in one's body but unable to cause physical harm due to a drastically increased immune response.

The TheravaxHSV-2 vaccine is designed to reintroduce the body to HSV-2 in a more-controlled manner using a live-viral vaccine. This live-viral vaccine has attenuating mutations which slows the replication process of HSV-2 thereby slowing down the immune evasion strategies while simultaneously exposing the host to the full complement of HSV-2’s 75 viral proteins. As a consequence, it is the intent of the vaccine to expose the individual’s immune response to the HSV-2 proteins it may have been “missing” in order to effectively control the disease. Part of the trial is also determining proper dosage. Phase 2-3 Which is starting soon. Whether it will have the ability to eliminate shedding entirely will be determined in the future, but as of now the company's aim is to eliminate or significantly decrease physical symptoms of the disease including the under-recognized (by medical professionals) neuralgia that some herpes sufferers experience.

The company is also designing a preventative vaccine that has not been tested in humans yet but has been proven successful in animal studies. So discordant couples will hopefully have nothing to worry about in terms of transmission in the future.

From a girlfriend over 20 years ago while doing horizontal pushups or push ins