Three months ago, Dan Stepenosky, a colon cancer survivor, volunteered to help test a vaccine being developed to stop the coronavirus’ spread. Dan Stepenosky said he agreed to join the vaccine trial despite being a cancer survivor because “I believe in science.” (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Advertisement“I guess we made the right bet,” Stepenosky said, as the news broke. It was a double-blind study, so he has no idea whether his vaccine was real or a placebo. And that means the problem is people like me, who don’t always trust Big Pharma and don’t believe that medical advances will be parceled out equitably. Others don’t trust the process, given the way the virus has been politicized.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 10, 2020 14:02 UTC