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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

FromTED Talks Science and Medicine


The case to infect volunteers with COVID-19 to accelerate vaccine testing | Nir Eyal

FromTED Talks Science and Medicine

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Jun 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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.)
Released:
Jun 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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