India vaccine trial under fire

More than a dozen participants in an Indian Covid-19 vaccine trial say they didn't know they were being tested on. Experts say that's an ethical violation that could compromise the results.

The Covaxin Phase 3 study, sponsored by the vaccine's developers, Indian biotech company Bharat Biotech and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), involves almost 26,000 people at 26 locations, including more than 1,700 in Bhopal, the site of one of the world's worst industrial disasters. Only half of the participants in Covaxin's Phase 3 trial received a vaccine — the other half received a placebo, a normal part of clinical trials. At least two bioethics experts, one public health expert and four local non-governmental organizations, have raised ethical questions about the trial site in Bhopal, run by People's Hospital, which is associated with the People's College of Medical Sciences and Research Centre.

Despite repeated attempts, 'Covaxin' manufacturer Bharat Biotech has not responded to CNN's request to comment on allegations of unethical practices in Bhopal's vaccine trial site. The Bhopal Hospital authorities say they did not send a van to recruit participants and that written or audio/visual consent was taken from all participants.

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    1. @Germangirl don’t vote you need to get help healthy scepticism is good but you sound like a loony. The vaccines we’re taking have been tested expensively.

    2. Lol gates was caught doing this in Africa to ages ago, seems to be a thing. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  1. Well India is the 2nd largest in population and culling some humans should be nothing but breezy for them as someone said literacy in India is so poor that they don’t even know what they’ve signed, until they see it for their own eyes. They’ll sell their own mother/daughter to get somewhere in their own little world! So exploitation of these people is not unheard of but should be raised!!! #COVIDEXPLOITATION

    1. Taking this vaccine is a complete uninformed uneducated decision in my opinion. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST RNA (possible CHANGING) VACCINE EVER! So at this stage its not a vaccine. IT’S AN EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE AND WHOEVER GETS IT IS THE EXPERIMENT!
      LET’S NOT FORGET THE TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT!!!And when the side effects(possible rare cancers)or neurological damage immediately (wich already happened) or few years later they going to tell you its because not everyone got vaccinated forcing it on others?. It’s absolutely sickening. The swine flu turned out to be harmless(was completely blown out of proportion but the  rushed to market vaccine permanently damaged 700 children in Germany alone .Its insane .And Pfizer ect .claim NO LIABILITY! THAT ALONE SHOULD BE A RED FLAG 🚩.
      As a Dr. You always got to ask yourself .Do the benefits outweigh the risk in my opinion in this case the Risks outweigh the benefits by a long shot! Dr’s also swore an oath FIRST DO NO HARM! THEY ARE NOT HONORING THAT. And they are not educated about this at all and therefore putting people lives at risk of of lack of education!I believe this whole thing is a fraud for financial gain to the rich and powerful .If people  care to research you will realize we are not in a pandemic so No need to get vaccinated in the first place.

    2. @Germangirl don’t vote iaknzbdbjskd abd d eehkxkx dr t f c s s w t f d shfjfoosf djsjkdjfkgooc k k h jk h hj k k b bn j jvyychdbf d r r rrfgg d d f chcjiofkf d fjdjhcx dhhcdbjd dhhf hfivo wjlwpsj

    3. Atleast India dont shout DIVERSITY after killing it own and dont use democracy as a tool to invade and destroy other nation.

    1. Populism is decidedly NOT a solution for helping the masses. Anyone who thinks otherwise has never read a history book, in school it otherwise. Populism goes hand in hand with nationalism, corruption, and authoritarianism given the cult of personality that is created around the leader. See Trump, Bolsonaro, Maduro, Daniel Ortega, the current PMs of Hungary, Poland, and too many in Africa. The list goes on and on.

    2. @bluepixie25 corruption has existed before and after trump. Trump only revealed what was already entrenched. Do you think you had a real choice with biden, he was already selected by the establishment. If you had real democracy, bernie would have been president the last 4 years not trump. They don’t teach you this in school. They keep you thinking within the allowed framework and keep you divided into tribes of left and right.

  2. 4:18 Bhopal gas tragedy happened due to a American business man who was doing cost cutting and that mass murderer was saved by American Government in the name of Free trade

    1. Get real the entire vaccine process was the same thing. Trillions to be made while we had the treatment all the time in products like ivermectin (band by FFA because we have a law that says vaccines cant be created if there are other solutions.) And Buticymide steroids.

    2. @Jey Frye Ivermectin? That’s mainly used on dogs,it’s a parasitic,wormer type, wouldn’t help with COVID-19 -a virus,not the same pathogen.

    3. @blue- T well dont be so narrow minded. Originally it was for Dogs but Humans have been using it for years especially in Africa. Its proven to be an inhibitor of the Covid virus from spreading inside your body.(not prevent it but slows it down). A single treatment is able to effect a 5000 fold reduction in the virus at 48 Hour in cell culture.
      That’s why Trump was able to recover on 3 days. Ivermectin is what he took

    4. @Jey Frye beg to differ, Trump did NOT take ivermectin, he was given another called REGENERON and that’s what helped him greatly,stop spreading misinformation which some may take as gospel truth. Far from it.Once again Ivermectin is for worms,parasitic not viruses which COVID-19 is,is completely ineffective against COVID-19.

  3. Pfizer asked for military bases in Latin America, now they come for India !!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  4. 2:20
    CNN forgets to edit 😂

    Seems indirect attempt promoting American Pfizer bullies

    Bharat Covaxin already responded about the transperancy of trails… not to forget that those were being carried out in other parts of India…

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