More than a dozen slum residents in an Indian city say they thought they were being vaccinated. They were part of clinical trials
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Experts argue that the experience of some participants in a Phase 3 clinical trial in India appear to violate the country's clinical trial rules that require informed consent.
Locals who recalled hearing it back in December said they scrambled to take up the offer -- 750 rupees was about twice what they'd usually earn for a day's hard labor. And many had struggled to work at all during the pandemic. "They told us it is the corona vaccine and we should get it so that we don't fall sick," said Yashoda Bai Yadav, a housewife from Bhopal who participated in the trial alongside her husband.More Related News
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