The Home Run Approach
Some scientists argue we should intentionally infect volunteers with the coronavirus to get a vaccine sooner. How would it work?
Guests:
Lehua Gray, Challenge Trial Volunteer
Seema Shah, JD, Associate Director of Research Ethics, Lurie Children’s Hospital
Zeb Jamrozik, MD, PhD, Monash Bioethics Centre
Anna Durbin, MD, Professor of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Learn more about human challenge trials and read the transcript: https://tradeoffs.org/2020/05/19/challenge-trials
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