Tom Scott | The people who get paid to get sick @TomScottGo | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 1 day ago
I went inside the former hotel where, for science (and money), people are volunteering to get colds, flu, and RSV. β Challenge trials looking for volunteers: flucamp.com and 1daysooner.org/recruiting-challenge-studies
This isn't an advert! the subject was suggested by the team at 1DaySooner, but that's it: no money changed hands and no editorial control was given away.
Two bonus facts I couldn't fit in the main video:
π· There are some challenge trials which require stronger quarantine protocols or negative-pressure rooms, but they're much more rare (and much more difficult to film)
𧻠The tissues that volunteers sneeze into have to be put into a separate bag, so they can be weighed
Camera by Jamie MacLeod
Edited by Julian Domanski
π₯ MORE FROM TOM: tomscott.com
(you can find contact details and social links there too)
π° WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: tomscott.com/newsletter
β LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com youtube.com/lateralcast
β TOM SCOTT PLUS: youtube.com/tomscottplus
π₯ THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: youtube.com/techdif
I went inside the former hotel where, for science (and money), people are volunteering to get colds, flu, and RSV. β Challenge trials looking for volunteers: flucamp.com and 1daysooner.org/recruiting-challenge-studies
This isn't an advert! the subject was suggested by the team at 1DaySooner, but that's it: no money changed hands and no editorial control was given away.
Two bonus facts I couldn't fit in the main video:
π· There are some challenge trials which require stronger quarantine protocols or negative-pressure rooms, but they're much more rare (and much more difficult to film)
𧻠The tissues that volunteers sneeze into have to be put into a separate bag, so they can be weighed
Camera by Jamie MacLeod
Edited by Julian Domanski
π₯ MORE FROM TOM: tomscott.com
(you can find contact details and social links there too)
π° WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: tomscott.com/newsletter
β LATERAL, free weekly podcast: lateralcast.com youtube.com/lateralcast
β TOM SCOTT PLUS: youtube.com/tomscottplus
π₯ THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: youtube.com/techdif
