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Dispatch 13: Challenge Trials

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The Risk of Challenge Trials

Human challenge trials are really kind of at the heart of vaccine history. They're much, much, much more monitored than a typical phase three trial. So they can't talk to each other. I have a feeling no because also if you think about a controlled setting, that could really complicate things as like, what if people get sick or if they're interacting with each other more? Do you think you'd do it? No. Definitely not because I have a one year old son. It's just like, yeah, that's not going to happen.

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