I'm thinking more broadly than a binary choice in the spring for someone who happens to live near a research lab and have clicked the right Facebook ad. What i

I'm thinking more broadly than a binary choice in the spring for someone who happens to live near a research lab and have clicked the right Facebook ad. What if, at any time, you could walk into your doctor's office and say "I'm ready for that experimental vaccine?" You could contribute your data to the pool that increases our confidence in its efficacy. As confidence gets stronger, more people volunteer. Eventually, third party labs (maybe regulators like the FDA - maybe NGOs like the UL) certify that they believe a vaccine is safe and effective, which makes even more people comfortable getting it. If we had done that, how would life be different now? Could we have closed fewer things? Would more people have led a more normal/less stressful lives? Would we be closer to being done with this mess? How many fewer long-term ramifications (health, financial, social, developmental, psychological, mortal) would people have to deal with? We reconsidered, reenvisioned, and reinvented so many things this year. Why can't we apply that same mindset here too?