• New guidelines for scientists and regulators show how deliberate infection of volunteers for vaccine trials can be done ethically
• Peer-reviewed paper by University of Warwick researcher argues that we do not need to lower our ethical standards if appropriate safeguards are in place
• Researcher also argues that deliberate infection should be considered to speed up vaccine development

Allowing consenting volunteers to be deliberately infected with COVID-19 for the purposes of developing a vaccine could be done ethically and potentially speed up its development, a University of Warwick researcher has argued in new research.

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Image: This is Dr. Adair Richards, of the University of Warwick's Department of Chemistry. (Credit: Dr. Adair Richards)

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