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Originally Posted by cassjax2
I just started a Covid vaccine trial this week. We were not given instructions regarding masks, etc. I believe we are expected to use common sense and go about our daily lives. Your line of thought sounds like you think we should be kept away from the public, which I don’t understand. If I had the vaccine (not the placebo) it seems to me that it would be safer to be around me rather than someone who who hasn’t had a vaccination.
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You didn't quote anyone so I assume you are responding to the OP.........
No, I do not think anyone in a trial should be kept from the public. In fact, just the opposite. I know the folks in the trials must go about their business and live their lives like they normally would. My thoughts are if someone in the trial goes out into the public wearing a mask and social distancing, that could skew the results of the trial if the actual vaccine was given. Anyone who is being careful by abiding by the CDC guidelines with make the vaccine efficacy look better than it would be if that same person went about his/her life with no mask and no social distancing. The second scenario is more risky therefore that person is more apt to contract the virus than someone who is more careful.