But it’s not a joke, the infections in the placebo group is the determinant of the success of trials. The main one.
Shame they weren’t testing in India.
Yes, but if you’re shipping people to COVID hotspots, you’re basically conducting challenge trials. There’s a lot of ethical issues surrounding that. I’m not totally against challenge trials for willing participants, but that would need to be part of the original scoping for that trial, with highly controlled conditions to prevent uncontrolled transmission and lots of medical support ready to treat anyone who develops serious symptoms; particular within any control group.