Vaccines will never be able to treat patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus because they can not break immunological tolerance.

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While it is true that current vaccines are not able to treat patients already chronically infected with hepatitis B virus, research is being done on therapeutic vaccines that can potentially break immunological tolerance and stimulate the immune system to fight the virus in these individuals. Therefore, it is not accurate to say that vaccines will never be able to treat chronic hepatitis B.

Vaccines Will Never Be Able to Treat Patients Chronically Infected