Confessions of a ‘human guinea pig’: Why I’m resigning from Moderna vaccine trials – STAT (Jeremy Menchik | January 2022)
The motivations of many people who take part in drug clinical trials are a combination of a desire to make a personal contribution to the development of a vaccine or treatment and/or the sense of agency they experience from their involvement. It is rarely to help the manufacturer make more money. Discovering the manufacturer isn’t sharing the technology can prompt feelings of outrage and betrayal, with damaging consequences.