Covid-19 vaccines: Should we allow human challenge studies to infect healthy volunteers with SARS-CoV-2?
Seán O’Neill McPartlin, Josh Morrison, Abie Rohrig, Charles Weijer
Abstract
The urgent need for covid-19 vaccines has prompted thousands of otherwise healthy people to volunteer to be infected with the virus to test candidate vaccines. <b>Seán O’Neill McPartlin</b>, <b>Abie Rohrig</b>, and <b>Josh Morrison</b> urge us to embrace the altruism of volunteers, but <b>Charles Weijer</b> argues that it would be dangerous and unjustified
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakVirologySars virusAltruism (biology)VolunteerMedicineVirusCoronavirus InfectionsImmunologyBiologyOutbreakPathologyDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)Evolutionary biologyAgronomySARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchVaccine Coverage and HesitancyImmune responses and vaccinations