> I don't think we want doctors in vaccine trials taking cues from elective cosmetic surgeries or executions. I'm just saying that if the Hypocratic oath and s

> I don't think we want doctors in vaccine trials taking cues from elective cosmetic surgeries or executions. I'm just saying that if the Hypocratic oath and system can flex to include executions, it can flex to include clinical trials :) Besides, who is to say that the doctors assisting executions aren't behaving rationally, ethically and trying to reduce suffering compared to what would have happened if they were not around? Maybe these are the kind of ethics you want to consider in this situation - i.e. a consequentialist viewpoint too rather than just the deontological argument.