The Home Run Approach

Prognosis: Misconception

Bloomberg

Health & Fitness, Science

4.1 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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There's an innovative, but risky way we could speed up development of a COVID-19 vaccine. Some scientists argue we should intentionally infect volunteers with the coronavirus to get a vaccine sooner. How would it work? Today's special episode is a collaboration with Tradeoffs, a podcast about our costly, complicated and counter-intuitive health care system. Tradeoffs' Dan Gorenstein explores how scientists could ethically and safely infect people to speed up the fight against COVID-19.

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0:32.3	Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. As some states start to reopen and ease physical distancing,
0:40.7	the message from most experts remains clear. The only true way back to normal is a vaccine.
0:48.5	In hopes of getting that as soon as possible, people around the globe are volunteering to be human test subjects,
0:56.6	to be intentionally injected with the coronavirus. Now, scientists, top health officials,
1:04.3	and pharmaceutical executives are taking very seriously an option that would normally be
1:10.0	unthinkable.
1:17.4	Today, with the help of tradeoffs, a podcast about our costly, complicated, and counterintuitive health care system, we explore how scientists could ethically and safely infect people to speed
1:24.1	up the fight against COVID-19.
1:27.8	Dan Gornstein reports.
1:33.8	Lahuah Gray knows the risks of volunteering to be infected with SARS-CoV-2,
1:38.5	the virus that causes COVID-19.
1:41.1	It is a disease that doesn't have a cure and is something that could possibly kill you,
1:48.2	me, could possibly kill me.
1:51.2	A friend shared a journal article describing what are called human challenge trials,
1:55.7	where healthy young, consenting adult volunteers are intentionally infected to speed up vaccine development.
2:01.8	The article suggested this kind of study could shave three months off the time it would take
2:06.6	to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Three months would be huge. Three months could save a lot of lives.
2:15.0	The 32-year-old weighed the personal cost.
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