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> The thing is, vaccines that haven't been through phase 2 trials can potentially make a pandemic worse. That's why you have to wait for them to resolve. You c
by ummonk 3y ago
> The thing is, vaccines that haven't been through phase 2 trials can potentially make a pandemic worse. That's why you have to wait for them to resolve.
You can do challenge trials. Especially if you're going to let the virus spread through the population anyway.
- cbsmith 3y agoIsn't a challenge trial really just another way of doing a phase 2 trial? Whether you let it run through the population anyway really doesn't matter though. If you push the untested vaccine out to the population, you might turn a manageable problem into an unmanageable problem.