Would $845 suffice to be injected with Ebola vaccine trial?

[QuarterMillionMan]

Pass.

[bjl584]

No thanks.

[Snydley]

For a subunit (one ebola protein, etc) vaccine, possibly. Live attenuated...better offer a lot more money for that

[QuarterMillionMan]

In 1995, I participated in clinical trial of a new sleep medication that paid $300 and required an entire weekend hospital stay from Friday 5:00 pm thru Sunday noon. Overall it was a good experience. I was catered to and attended by all the nurses with great care. I enjoyed the hospital food and ordered second servings at each meal. I had my own room with TV. I likened it to a weekend get away staying at a hotel with room service. They administered one dose of the drug intravenously on Saturday afternoon. I never fell asleep during the clinical trial so I assume that I received either a placebo or maybe a small ineffective dose of the drug. They did blood work before and after the trial while in the hospital. I wouldn't do it again but I guess I was young and unemployed so I decided to give it a try. By the way the name of the drug was not disclosed.

[phantom]

If I'd have to go sit in quarantine for 3 weeks while they figured out whether or not their vaccine worked, that wouldn't even cover the loss of income.

[dawnwes]

Oh wait, I didn't see that you also get 3 weeks in quarantine.

3 weeks of not having to go anywhere, hmmm.......maybe I would consider it!

BTW: I have lived in Liberia for a while. I lived on the beach.

If I'd have to go sit in quarantine for 3 weeks while they figured out whether or not their vaccine worked, that wouldn't even cover the loss of income.

[phantom]

Oh wait, I didn't see that you also get 3 weeks in quarantine.

3 weeks of not having to go anywhere, hmmm.......maybe I would consider it!

BTW: I have lived in Liberia for a while. I lived on the beach.

In fairness, I don't know that the trail involves a quarantine. I'm just guessing it would since putting people who might have ebola in quarantine seems to be the thing to do.

[hamchan]

I did a bird flu vaccine trial last year, and yes it was a live attenuated vaccine. This particular strain had an over 50% fatality rate. I did not get sick. That is the entire point of the vaccine. They test them for safety on animals first. There may be risks involved in these vaccine trials, but getting the disease from the vaccine itself is not one of them. The viral load is much too small.

[iliketosavemoney]

If they were given the go for clinical trials, then it means it must have been somewhat safe in non-clinical trials. According to federal regulations, there's no way they should be testing this on humans if there's a good chance it'll put any subjects at unnecessary risk.

That headline makes it seem as if they're going to give the subject straight up Ebola, then fix it with test vaccine. I'm assuming this is a phase 1 study which means they're just going to put the vaccine in healthy people to look for side effects.

Of course, I still wouldn't do it. Not for $845. But maybe if you add a zero at the end..

[disneysteve]

If they were given the go for clinical trials, then it means it must have been somewhat safe in non-clinical trials. According to federal regulations, there's no way they should be testing this on humans if there's a good chance it'll put any subjects at unnecessary risk.

That headline makes it seem as if they're going to give the subject straight up Ebola, then fix it with test vaccine. I'm assuming this is a phase 1 study which means they're just going to put the vaccine in healthy people to look for side effects.

Exactly this. Clinical trials are tightly regulated. There's no way they'd be injecting volunteer subjects with active Ebola. What they are likely doing is looking for side effects and assessing the body's immune response by checking for antibodies.

[rennigade]

Ill PASS on watching Fox news and the hollywood squares setup that they love so much to do. And this goes for any of the major news shows on tv...not just fox.

People who watch Fox news are less informed than people who do not watch any television news. Yeah...someone did a study on this. Pig vomit.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Pass.

As a North American? Pass. If I lived in West Africa? Might not be a bad deal at all.

[LizfromtheBronx]

Anyone else find it ironic that the stock price shown in the pic is Pfizer???

(Full disclosure, I spent 10 years of my life working for them. Fab place to work, if you could avoid layoff......I did several times then it finally got me. Glad to see their stock is doing well....Pre-9/11, we hung around $42....post, it was a dismal $17-20 for years...)

[Eagle]

Um... no way.

[Stephen51]

Risking my life for just $845 ? Hell no