Dr. Barry Dworkin

Purposefully infecting vaccine-study volunteers with coronavirus to speed up the development and approval process is unethical and fraught with the law of unintended consequences.

Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 20, 2020

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UK taps Open Orphan to explore vaccine trials that infect volunteers with coronavirus

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