'I felt guilty': volunteer on signing up for Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial
by Ben Quinn from Science | The Guardian on (#53F39)
Student participant praises calm professionalism' of academics and NHS healthcare workers
As one of hundreds of volunteers involved in the University of Oxford's coronavirus vaccine trials, Dan McAteer said he had a few nerves on the day of receiving the jab itself. However, he recalled an unexpected incident from the night before.
They were well meaning, but a relative shared an online post of what was obviously a piece of fake news claiming that one of the trial participants had died," said the 23-year-old student.
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