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Ethical dilemma of vaccine trials: Placebo volunteers and inoculations – TRT World
Typically half receive the experimental vaccine, while the remainder are given a placebo, though they do not know which one was administered to them.

Typically half receive the experimental vaccine, while the remainder are given a placebo, though they do not know which one was administered to them.
A healthcare worker of the free influenza vaccination programme vaccinates a citizen against the flu inside a tram in Vienna, Austria, October 1, 2020.
(Reuters)
If a coronavirus vaccine is authorised in the United States before the end of the year, will trial participants who received a placebo rush out to get vaccinated?
While the question hasn’t…
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