Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Ghana says locals used as 'guinea pigs' in
Ebola trial
$5 and a mobile phone. Is it worth risking
your live or health?
That was an offer made to the residents of
Ghana to test the safety and effects of two experimental vaccines against Ebola
virus. It was offered by an American and a European pharmaceutical giants to
the poor in Africa. It might have sounded reasonable if the test was in urgent need
for the citizens of Ghana. However, while Ebola spread in some of the African
countries, Ghana wasn’t one of them. The rationale for the experiment in an
unaffected region hasn’t been given in the article.
One question still remains. Who will pay
the subscription fee for the free cell phone? Isn’t that part of promotional
activities by a phone service company in the country?
Enjoy reading and learning about this
controversial medial experimental project.
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