Jeremy Menchik is associate professor at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies wrote an article called “Confessions of a ‘human guinea pig’: Why I’m resigning from Moderna vaccine trials” in the medical news website STAT. He writes, “In July 2020, I volunteered to be in Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine trial. If I knew then what I know now about the company’s quest for profits, I wouldn’t have done that.” He’s now heard from dozens of other trial volunteers who share his concerns. They’re launching a campaign today for other trial participants who want to get involved.
I volunteered because, as you remember, March 2020 was a scary time. It was disorienting. And I thought anything that I could do to help, you know, get us out of this pandemic nightmare was an ethical imperative. You know, my wife is a nurse practitioner. She was working in Dorchester, the hardest-hit part of Boston in terms of COVID-19. And so, we faced just imminent pressure from the virus.
But on my way to work, I would drive by Longwood Medical Center. And living in Boston, you’re very much aware of the power and the importance of these enormous hospitals and companies that are doing groundbreaking research on vaccines and other technologies. So I thought, you know, as a professor of international relations, I don’t have much to
— source democracynow.org | Jan 13, 2022