Most people do not understand medicine well enough to make an informed choice based off of risk. And as noble as it is to sacrifice yourself for the "greater go

Most people do not understand medicine well enough to make an informed choice based off of risk. And as noble as it is to sacrifice yourself for the "greater good", I think it's absurd to place that expectation on the average person. Especially if you are not actively participating in medical research yourself. Most people that are involved in medical research are in the lower classes, I think that's telling about how our society really views medical research. As an anecdote, my aunt told me a few years ago about my uncle (her brother) dying from cancer when I was very young. She said it felt like watching him be tortured. Years later it still upsets her thinking of all the treatments he had to undergo. She thought the doctors viewed him as helping "the greater good" (aka a test subject) instead of focusing on his quality of life. And it is worth noting, she watched a sister and her mother go through the same thing prior to my uncle (as well as another sister after), yet she did not have the same opinion on their treatments.