Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40203040 And that was overturned by Nuremberg.
I understand that in essence it really is experimentation, but the argument will stand that it is not so those codes do not apply.
It applies to any 'medical procedure'. Since there is no 'sure thing' in medicine, it's all considered 'experimental'.
It absolutely applies.
Besides, it was further codified by the
Declaration of Helsinki: [
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The Declaration of Helsinki also marked the arrival of “clinical research,” a field that was previously referred to as ‘Human Experimentation’ in the Nuremberg Code. Furthermore, it introduced a caveat to the consideration of the process for informed consent as an ‘essential’ portion of research, as stated in the Nuremberg Code; according to the Declaration of Helsinki, physicians would be asked to obtain consent ‘if at all possible’ and could be allowed to omit a traditional informed consent form when a legally authorized representative is available.
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Unproven Interventions in Clinical Practice
37. In the
treatment of an individual
patient, where proven interventions do not exist or other known interventions have been ineffective, the physician, after seeking expert advice,
with informed consent from the patient or a legally authorised representative, may use an unproven intervention if in the physician’s judgement it offers hope of saving life, re-establishing health or alleviating suffering. This intervention should subsequently be made the object of research, designed to evaluate its safety and efficacy. In all cases, new information must be recorded and, where appropriate, made publicly available.
Even these vaccine makers essentially state the Caveat that these vaccines 'may not work'. They are completely unproven.
Nurenberg and Helsinki apply.
