What kind of person signs up to be infected with the coronavirus on purpose?

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https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22340540/human-challenge-trials-coronavirus-vaccine-pandemic

A new study looks at who signs up for Covid-19 human challenge trials — trials where people are infected with Covid-19 on purpose to help speed up vaccine development.
By Kelsey Piper Mar 31, 2021, 1:20pm EDT
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In early March, the United Kingdom exposed dozens of volunteers to Covid-19 — on purpose. The aim of this so-called human challenge trial, the first of its type in the world for Covid-19, was to study how large a dose of the virus is necessary to infect someone. The volunteers quarantined for two weeks after their deliberate exposure, and last week, the first of them was released in good health.

Such human challenge trials have been part of humanity’s arsenal against disease for a while now. But in the case of their deployment in the fight against Covid-19, such trials have sparked ethical debates, largely revolving around concerns over whether the people who volunteer to participate know what exactly they’re getting into. A new study that dives deep into the motivations of human challenge trial participants seeks to allay some of those concerns.

To back up for a second: How exactly is a human challenge trial different from regular vaccine trials? In a normal vaccine trial, drug companies have to vaccinate tens of thousands of people and then wait until some of them get sick in the course of their everyday lives. For the coronavirus vaccine trials, that process took several months.

In a human challenge trial, people sign up — and are compensated — to get infected with the virus right away. That speeds the process up and enables scientists to get results on vaccine effectiveness potentially months sooner than a normal vaccine trial.

There’s a lot at stake here. Those months saved could potentially prevent countless hospitalizations and deaths. More than 300,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 since September; if we’d had the vaccine sooner, many could have been saved.

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https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22340540/human-challenge-trials-coronavirus-vaccine-pandemic

A new study looks at who signs up for Covid-19 human challenge trials — trials where people are infected with Covid-19 on purpose to help speed up vaccine development.
By Kelsey Piper Mar 31, 2021, 1:20pm EDT
Share this story

Finding the best ways to do good.

In early March, the United Kingdom exposed dozens of volunteers to Covid-19 — on purpose. The aim of this so-called human challenge trial, the first of its type in the world for Covid-19, was to study how large a dose of the virus is necessary to infect someone. The volunteers quarantined for two weeks after their deliberate exposure, and last week, the first of them was released in good health.

Such human challenge trials have been part of humanity’s arsenal against disease for a while now. But in the case of their deployment in the fight against Covid-19, such trials have sparked ethical debates, largely revolving around concerns over whether the people who volunteer to participate know what exactly they’re getting into. A new study that dives deep into the motivations of human challenge trial participants seeks to allay some of those concerns.

To back up for a second: How exactly is a human challenge trial different from regular vaccine trials? In a normal vaccine trial, drug companies have to vaccinate tens of thousands of people and then wait until some of them get sick in the course of their everyday lives. For the coronavirus vaccine trials, that process took several months.

In a human challenge trial, people sign up — and are compensated — to get infected with the virus right away. That speeds the process up and enables scientists to get results on vaccine effectiveness potentially months sooner than a normal vaccine trial.

There’s a lot at stake here. Those months saved could potentially prevent countless hospitalizations and deaths. More than 300,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 since September; if we’d had the vaccine sooner, many could have been saved.

First, no such thing happened, as 300,000 deaths from covid.  It is a 'cold' virus, already mutated.  99.7 % recovery.
For a while, ANYONE who passed, they claimed it was from covid.  Car accident?  COVID.  Cancer death? COVID.  Heart attack?  COVID.  ZERO DEATHS FROM OUR NORMAL YEARLY FLU. (It's a miracle. Covid eliminated the flu). That was between 30 K to 60 K yearly.  (I read). Then, each year doctor malpractice deaths are 200,000 a year.  Some elderly did die from lung issues.  Pneumonia.  Each year one million and a half die from diabetes.  Vaccine does nothing.  It is a guess.  I read the 'virus' has not be identified, so how can anyone make a vaccine?  Not to mention the mutations.