A long, dismal history tells of charlatans who makeunfounded promises and take advantage of people at the time whenthey are least able to care for themselves. The clinical trialprocess is the most objective method ever devised to assess theefficacy of a treatment. It is expensive and slow, and in need ofconstant refinements, and oversight, but the process istrustworthy. (Zivin, 2000, p. 75)
What do you think Zivin means when he suggests that clinicaltrials can be trustworthy, fast, or cheap—but that in any onetrial, only two of the three are possible? How does that relate tochallenges in current times to create a coronavirus vaccine?
