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Gonorrhea is becoming unstoppable; highly resistant cases found in US (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In other news, a vaccine for gonorrhea is on the way.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/incurable-gonorrhea-there-may-already-be-a-vaccine-for-that/

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An existing vaccine that prevents meningococcal disease may also be up to 40 percent effective at preventing gonorrhea infections

While that is indeed good news, that's a pretty low efficacy rate. It absolutely could help prevent some infections, but it sadly won't change the diseases curability.