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There’s pilots you can sign up for, eg for SF https://wecanbeatcovid.org/

Pre-screening questions and then they’ll call you if they’re interested. Roommate got a call within a week, but another three of us haven’t heard back. Probably depends somewhat on diversity. My guess is that your best shot is applying as soon as one of these studies open up registration. FIFO.

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There is an extremely large difference between taking an approved (with emergency authorization) vaccine and joining a research study where you could be getting a different vaccine at earlier stages of approval or potentially a placebo.

Joining a research study is great and helps push the science forward with other vaccines or whatever the researchers are studying, but it is not at all the same thing as scheduling when you are going to be getting an approved vaccine.

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