Volunteers in Covid human challenge trials are genuinely altruistic, not desperate for money or lacking understanding of risks

PLOS

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275823

Article Title: Characterizing altruistic motivation in potential volunteers for SARS-CoV-2 challenge trials

Author Countries: USA, UK

Funding: This study was supported by 1Day Sooner in the form of a grant as part of the Open Philanthropy Project, and in the form of salaries for authors SMR, VS, & JM. This study was also supported by 1Day Sooner in the form of additional financial support for MP. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the 'author contributions' section. This study was also supported by National Science Foundation in the form of grants for MM, NE (2039320) and AAM (1729406). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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