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House lawmakers join growing calls from medics to approve controversial 'challenge trials' of coronavirus vaccines where people are deliberately infected with COVID-19 and could die
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - A group of 35 House lawmakers wrote to the FDA this week encouraging the agency to approve 'challenge trials' for COVID-19 vaccines
- Led by Reps. Bill Foster and Donna Shalala, the group said the pandemic is a 'war' and volunteers would help 'save the lives of others'
- The FDA said it is 'exploring all possible options' to speed up a vaccine
- Challenge trials involve deliberately infecting people with the deadly virus to test a vaccine's effectiveness
- The process has divided the medical community with supporters saying it will speed up a vaccine getting to market, saving lives
- But skeptics have raised ethical concerns that volunteers could die because there is no known cure for coronavirus
- Though no vaccine is ready for testing yet, thousands of volunteers have signed up their interest in participating in challenge trials already
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-04-26 |
