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Controlled human infection with SARS-CoV-2 to study COVID-19 vaccines and treatments: bioethics in Utopia
- Correspondence to Professor Søren Holm, CSEP, Department of Law, School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; soren.holm{at}manchester.ac.uk
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Controlled human infection with SARS-CoV-2 to study COVID-19 vaccines and treatments: bioethics in Utopia
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- Received May 19, 2020
- Revised June 15, 2020
- Accepted June 18, 2020
- First published July 2, 2020.
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August 26, 2020
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