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You'd ask. I recall seeing multiple human interest stories about people who were eager to volunteer for challenge trials. I believe challenge trials are how the
by unchocked 6y ago
You'd ask. I recall seeing multiple human interest stories about people who were eager to volunteer for challenge trials. I believe challenge trials are how the original vaccines were tested in the earlier 20th century prior to contemporary developments in medical ethics.
And you'll get volunteers. It's a rational decision for effective altruism. Say you face a 1% chance of death but a 50% chance of substantially contributing to saving a million lives. If that's technically possible, highly informed people should have the opportunity to make that choice.
I believe some of the earliest challenge testers were the developers of the drug themselves.
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