We attended a webinar update about RVx (Rational Vaccine for herpes simplex type 1 or 2) with Dr Agustin Fernandez (CEO of Rational Vaccine), Dr Luisa Veloz and Dr Doug Tucker from the GARM clinic in Prospera, Roatan, Honduras: a 45-minute live discussion.
You can now get RVx, at two places: Honduras and in Munich, Germany – if you can pay!
You need to have three injections, a month apart. (This could mean either a lot of flights, or a 2 months’ stay in Honduras. Or three flights to Munich – see below)
RVx is still a private, experimental therapeutic (treatment) vaccine for herpes simplex virus, types 1 and 2. This live-attenuated vaccine requires three injections and is considered a high-cost, private option designed to reduce the frequency and severity of outbreaks.
It is still in experimental stages and is not yet approved by major regulatory bodies. However, in July 2021, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) awarded an Innovation Passport to Rational Vaccines
On the webinar, we heard that:
People who have lots of outbreaks have not developed a suitably powerful response to the virus. They have not built enough antibodies (soldier proteins to keep the virus from reinfecting skin cells when it reactivates).
RVx gives such people a large dose of ‘depleted virus particles’ i.e. live-attenuated virus that cannot create symptoms, but can trigger the immune response to build more antibodies.
This trains the immune system to suppress viral reactivation before symptoms occur.
The vaccine is expected to cause a large, red, patch of inflamed skin, showing that a reaction is occurring, at the site of injection. (In the thigh, on the early trial.) And it is expected to cause the flu-like symptoms associated with a primary infection.
RVx researchers accept the connection between HSV and the neurological symptoms that doctors routinely dismiss. They added:
Expect remittance of nerve pain within a few weeks.
Expect to notice fewer recurrences after the second jab: 6 weeks after you start.
There have been years of clinical data, since the first 20 volunteers given RVx in 2016 in St Kitts. In 17 cases, outbreaks dropped from over 24 per year to one or two and neurological symptoms resolved completely. Results vary and are not guaranteed, but every patient treated has shown some improvement.
What do do:
You have to stop taking any immune suppressant drugs before the injection, as these are designed to stop the response that is needed from getting the vaccine. And, of course, you cannot take antivirals while you are building up your own immune response to the virus.
You will still have a positive blood test for the virus: blood tests check for antibodies – and the vaccine is indeed encouraging you to have more of those. If it were used as a ‘regular vaccine’ to prevent a person from catching the virus, then that vaccinated person would test positive too, even though they do not ‘have herpes’ and can never have any outbreaks.
For the Honduras clinic:
You can go to HVAConsult.com, where for $97 you get a preliminary consultation to find out if you are ‘a fit’ for getting the vaccine. If you are one of the first 10 applicants, this preliminary consultation is free.
The three jabs will cost $9,000 US (£6,670 at date of publication).
For the Munich clinic:
They are charging €12,000 (£7,867 at date of publication) for the three jabs (a bit more than Honduras) but you can buy a single jab for €4,750 which, as we mention above, is expected to control any nerve problems you are bothered by.
Email [email protected] or call phone number +49 172 1719789 to schedule an appointment or a preparation call. And her assistant is also available through WhatsApp.
Published 24/2/2026
