We should rethink the ethics of vaccine challenge tests to be more like those of a battle
Submitted by brad on Sat, 2020-12-05 15:44As vaccine approval nears, you've no doubt heard proposals to speed up vaccine testing with what is known as a "challenge" trial, where you deliberately infect volunteers with the virus. This approach is controversial, but has been around for some time. There are already organizations collecting volunteers, and tens of thousands have signed up.