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    In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, ethicists, researchers, and journalists have recommended studies that deliberately infect healthy volunteers with the coronavirus as a scientific means of expediting vaccine development. In this essay, we trace the history of infection challenge experiments and reflect on the Nuremberg Code of 1947, issued in response to brutal human experiments conducted by Nazi investigators in concentration camps. We argue that the Code continues to offer valuable guidance for assessing the ethics of this controversial form of research, with respect particularly to the acceptable limits to research risks and the social value of research necessary to justify exposing human participants to these risks. © 2021 by The Hastings Center. All rights reserved.

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    Franklin G Miller, Jonathan D Moreno. Human Infection Challenge Experiments: Then and Now. Ethics & human research. 2021 May;43(3):42-44

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    PMID: 33723914

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