Maxwell Smith, PhD
@maxwellsmith.bsky.social
Bioethicist, Associate Professor, and CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Ethics & Health Emergencies at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. Also Associate Director of Western's Rotman Institute of Philosophy. Views are my own.
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"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"No IRB in the world would approve it." That's what every researcher has told me about saline placebo trials to test vaccines we already have.
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The CDC just got rid of its entire IRB. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Thanks for this feedback, @dalpe.bsky.social!
October 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Thanks for this feedback, @dalpe.bsky.social!
Yup. But I'm just assuming the ban happens anyway. Yet if one cares about safety, it should be an easy commitment to make.
September 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Yup. But I'm just assuming the ban happens anyway. Yet if one cares about safety, it should be an easy commitment to make.
Is on the roster of JME reviewers and cites Collateral Global? I have a good idea who that is...ugh.
September 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Is on the roster of JME reviewers and cites Collateral Global? I have a good idea who that is...ugh.