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Re:The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine ... by mdorazio on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:50AM (#22964755)
The difference is right now healthcare facilities and providers are overloaded, so if there are adverse effects of a trial that require treatment, people could end up dead. Normally you would have hospitals ready to handle such cases, but there's zero guarantee of that today.
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Re:The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine ... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday April 24, 2020 @03:01AM (#22965391)
I'm sure we can all agree that trials with the potential to require medical intervention shouldn't take place in areas with overloaded hospitals. But most areas of most countries don't have overloaded hospitals right now.
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