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Gilead’s twice-yearly shot to prevent HIV succeeds in late-stage trial, found 100% effective (www.cnbc.com)
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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 33 points 4 months ago

Unfortunate corporate name.

[-] FlightyPenguin@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Probably refers to "balm of Gilead" (a sort of "universal cure" reference), but it's gonna bring up images of red-robed reproductive slaves and Christo-fascism for most people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balm_of_Gilead

[-] nezbyte@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Under His Eye

[-] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

...his one eyed tallywacker.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I thought it was an Onion article because of the name. Oh boy...

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Well, statistically 100% at least. More likely 99.09x% in practice.

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