Scientists test COVID vaccine on eight month old baby
Parents are proud that their son is part of the experimentation of the COVID vaccine for babies.
Even though babies are at a limited risk for contracting or dying from COVID, a pair of doctors are proud that their baby is part of a trial to test the vaccine.
“Vincenzo ‘Enzo’ Mincolla got his second dose Wednesday at Upstate Medical University where he is participating in a clinical trial,” Syracuse.com reported. He is the youngest person in the trial.
“We both feel it’s important to end this pandemic, and the quickest and safest way is to vaccinate our way out of it,” Mike Mincolla said, on behalf of him and his wife Marissa, both doctors.
“We are helping science and evidence-based medicine,” Mincolla told Syracuse.com.
“The Mincollas also have a 4-year-old daughter they’ve enrolled to participate in Phase 2 of the Upstate trial,” the local news site reported.
Many Twitter users criticized the Mincollas for having their child injected with the vaccine.
“Poor baby” one person wrote.
“We can wait for babies to determine their gender but we can't wait to decide whether they want a vaccine for something they really aren't vulnerable to,” another person wrote sarcastically.
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