Honestly? No. In the face of a major pandemic, and with the size of the clinical trials and the effectiveness of the vaccines, the ethical obligations to the pa

Honestly? No. In the face of a major pandemic, and with the size of the clinical trials and the effectiveness of the vaccines, the ethical obligations to the patients in the trial to unblind the results to get the participants vaccinated is pretty paramount. There are somewhat more exotic studies designs that can be used for post-unblinding monitoring work that meet the ethical obligations to the participants. But it's a good question.