Comment Re:Medical experiments for the lot of us... (Score 2, Informative) 140
I volunteered for this study and was given the DNA vaccine. One of the heftier dosages.
I was compensated, something like $25 a visit, hard to remember now, but in terms of travel time, not to mention a whole lot of holes poked in my arms, I wouldn't say that was the main attraction.
A friend talked to me about it who spent quite a lot of time in Africa, and I joined him.
I'm looking forward to finding out how long the antibodies remain (without the cold virus to help 'em spread a bit, probably not long) and what sort of protection they confer. Now that the study has been announced I'm going to have to hassle the researchers for a little more data on us.
And they say no side effects. Dunno, I seemed to have been sick every other week that winter. Could've just been coincidence though, or hypochondria.
I was compensated, something like $25 a visit, hard to remember now, but in terms of travel time, not to mention a whole lot of holes poked in my arms, I wouldn't say that was the main attraction.
A friend talked to me about it who spent quite a lot of time in Africa, and I joined him.
I'm looking forward to finding out how long the antibodies remain (without the cold virus to help 'em spread a bit, probably not long) and what sort of protection they confer. Now that the study has been announced I'm going to have to hassle the researchers for a little more data on us.
And they say no side effects. Dunno, I seemed to have been sick every other week that winter. Could've just been coincidence though, or hypochondria.
