As an outbreak of #Ebola flares up during this writing, Western scientists and medical doctors are flocking to west #Africa to expand their laboratory knowledge to real-live humans. Indeed the current Ebola outbreak in west Africa provides a great opportunity for Phase I trials on humans without regard to ethics or scientific rigor. Is it possible to conduct an ethical Ebola #vaccine trial on humans? Could a control group of people be left untreated? Could healthy people be vaccinated so as to expose them later to a deadly virus? The World Health Organization (#WHO) has declared an international health emergency, and the Food and Drug Administration (#FDA) has waived many of the usual safeguards on such studies to accelerate marketing of vaccines. #EBOV #WestAfrica #SierraLeone #Nigeria #DRC #Guinea #Liberia #Ethics #Science
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 08:23:43 +0000
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