There cannot be any impediment to science that will ultimately be good to the general public.
I think the media can be a very positive influence by essentially holding people to task about the importance of high quality medical care. And when the media is scrutinizing you, then I think that's a very good, positive thing for the field of medicine.
The most pressing ethical question is to make sure that everything you do from a scientific standpoint is done for the ultimate good and positive issue for the people that you're caring about.
We have a vaccine we know can spur an immune response, albeit at very high doses. We're going in the right direction. The sobering news is we have a long way to go. So it's muted good news.
The good news is that we have a vaccine that can induce an immune response. But the sobering news is . . . we have a long way to go.
Certainly the support for research in HIV/AIDS was good in the Clinton administration, good in the Bush administrations. It just was.
It's a bit of muted good news, in that we're going in the right direction, but the sobering news is we have a long way to go.