The case to infect volunteers with COVID-19 to accelerate vaccine testing | Nir Eyal
The case to infect volunteers with COVID-19 to accelerate vaccine testing | Nir Eyal
TED Talks Science and Medicine · Nir Eyal
June 25, 202018m 21s
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Show Notes
Conventional vaccine testing is a slow, years-long process. As thousands of people continue to die each day from COVID-19, bioethicist Nir Eyal proposes a radical idea that could dramatically accelerate the vaccine development timeline: "human challenge trials," in which scientists would deliberately expose volunteers to the virus to more quickly determine a vaccine's efficacy. (This virtual conversation, hosted by head of TED Chris Anderson, was recorded June 15, 2020.)
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