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The conditional clause that let twenty‑five thousand volunteer to risk infection
A single conditional clause - "well‑informed, volunteering freely" - let 25,100 people offer to be deliberately infected during COVID-19. Why?
The conditional clause that let twenty‑five thousand volunteer to risk infection
In this episode, we look at how a century of medical practice and abuse shaped the rules that allow human challenge trials today. What does the phrase "well‑informed, volunteering freely" actually require, and how did it make twenty‑five thousand volunteers possible?
Person: John Charles Cutler
Date: late May 2020
Number: 25,100
Countries: 102
Topic: human challenge…
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