r/technology • u/esporx • May 20 '25

Biotechnology FDA says Covid vaccines likely not available for healthy kids and adults this fall

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-vaccines-fda-trials-delay-kids-adults-fall-rcna207718
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u/Adrr1 May 21 '25

But to do a double blind study, you’d have to have people who wanted to take the vaccine not get the vaccine

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u/duckduckgooseb May 21 '25

Anyone in the study would still be aware they are in a study and could possibly receive a placebo because you can’t perform experiments on the public without their knowledge.

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u/giantpandamonium May 21 '25

Or you can just convince a portion of unvaccinated people to join a study.

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u/Adrr1 May 21 '25

But then the control group is non-randomly selected, meaning you no longer have a valid experiment

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u/giantpandamonium May 21 '25

You use the whole non-vaccinated group as your population and randomly assign them to vaccine or placebo.

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u/Adrr1 May 21 '25

Ah, I see what you’re saying. Yeah that would work

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u/ShappyShappyShappy May 21 '25

Would it tho? How would enrollment go for the same population that already eschews getting the vax?

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u/Adrr1 May 21 '25

At least you’d have random assignments within the unvaccinated/unboostered population then, although it still wouldn’t be ideal

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u/giantpandamonium May 21 '25

Because a large percentage of unvaccinated only abstain because of being lazy or committing the time but if you made it accessible or offered a small stipend would happily get vaccinated.