The people who get paid to get sick

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Жыл бұрын

I went inside the former hotel where, for science (and money), people are volunteering to get colds, flu, and RSV. ■ Challenge trials looking for volunteers: flucamp.com/ and www.1daysooner.org/recruiting...
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:
😷 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)
🧻 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
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@TomScottGo Жыл бұрын

And thus ends the accidental trilogy of videos where I've got some sort of protective clothing on! The pinned comment plug this week is for my newsletter: if you want interesting links in your inbox every Monday, go here: www.tomscott.com/newsletter/

@ክፉየዩቲዩብእጀታ Жыл бұрын

Brraaarrrtttt

@coolchannelyt Жыл бұрын

hi tom im here :D

@imoutodaisuki Жыл бұрын

5:52 nice walk on the short corridor!

@hatjodelka Жыл бұрын

One thing I'd love you to do is how these trials (drug trials too) are largely men. One of the recent 'Alzheimer's breakthrough drug' doesn't work for women (who are more likely to develop the disease). Please cover this.

@typerightseesight Жыл бұрын

Thats like the time I paid $300 a month rent to live in a storage unit before I got gang raped by a mortage broker/real estate agent.

@johnchessant3012 Жыл бұрын

4:17 "do not use provided tissues for anything other than sneezing or blowing your nose"

@KiliGraphics Жыл бұрын

No more word needed than this

@Mr47steam Жыл бұрын

"let the guy get his rocks off"

@l.u.c.a.s. Жыл бұрын

There's probably regular toilet paper in the bathroom for other needs ;)

@Insan1tyW0lf Жыл бұрын

"Tissues are treated with antimicrobial compounds which may cause irritation to sensitive skin." And/or: "Tissues are collected and analysed for mucus viral load monitoring. Non-nasal secretions may throw off results."

@ShenDoodles Жыл бұрын

@Mr. MXB There's a PlayStation

@TMWriting Жыл бұрын

I used to do clinical trials (before I found a full-time job) and it always made me laugh so hard when the contracts specifically point out that they're paying you for your TIME and not paying you to be experimented on.

@Michaelsmith21588 Жыл бұрын

exactly 😀

@ten060 Жыл бұрын

I mean, that's the ethics of it. It's unethical to incentivise people to risk their health for money, but it's also unethical to not reimburse people for their time. Therefore, people are paid at a UK minimum wage rate (~£9.50/hr). However, as they're under controlled circumstances 24/7 for 2 weeks, that adds up to a lot of hours (350+), which means you'll be paid ~£3.5k. Makes sense to me.

@jwalster9412 Жыл бұрын

"if you get sick, that was not on us, that was you. "

@Archimedes.5000 Жыл бұрын

@@tbotalpha8133because they are being purposefully infected? This is not an experimental treatment like regular clinical trials are, you are creating a risk instead of at worst reducing it by placebo effectiveness

@Archimedes.5000 Жыл бұрын

@@alexm9479good point, I didn't think of this

@Picobits Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, I applied to this exact clinical trial (FluCamp). They rejected me on account of being too healthy. I had the antibodies for everything they were testing...

@jomarcentermjm Жыл бұрын

Would be funny if they did a reverse and check on you on how you have every immunity

@Demonrifts Жыл бұрын

@@jomarcentermjm Your body develops antibodies, primarily, by being exposed to a virus. So OP has apparently been exposed and recovered from the viruses that they were testing vaccines for.

@ArDeeMee Жыл бұрын

Ha! That‘s the best reason for failing.

@Thunderclap117 Жыл бұрын

@@jomarcentermjm cheat codes

@hiimcortana1568 Жыл бұрын

Lmao. That's the best thing you could hear for getting rejected

@keyholes Жыл бұрын

From an immunosuppressed person: Thank you. You are a crucial part of life-saving work.

@ItzChickenYall Жыл бұрын

What that mean ? 🧐🧐

@2wen98 Жыл бұрын

@@ItzChickenYall their immune system doesn't work, or not very well. any illness could be deadly to them

@VTimmoni Жыл бұрын

I literally owe people like this my life.

@JokeswithMitochondria Жыл бұрын

I owe my life to shrek

@tomhappening Жыл бұрын

@@JokeswithMitochondria funny username

@trumpputinkim Жыл бұрын

what

@clray123 Жыл бұрын

I owe them 3 lost years of my life.

@thomasace2547 Жыл бұрын

Why?

@Koopaperson Жыл бұрын

Tom could put anything in a title, add (For science) and then legitimately explain why it’s for science

@JonathanCorwin Жыл бұрын

SpongeBob SquarePants (for science)

@bod-7268 Жыл бұрын

Why i ate bat soup in Wuhan (For science)

@mrcoolz5541 Жыл бұрын

Blowing people up (for science)

@fang_xianfu Жыл бұрын

These people put things up their bottoms (for science)

@victoriaeads6126 Жыл бұрын

Only because Tom has a reputation for legitimacy and for NEVER producing clickbait. Love you, Tom!

@carriebartkowiak Жыл бұрын

I know a lot of authors who would gladly go into this program, as long as they were permitted to keep working on their manuscripts. A quiet, peaceful room without constant interruptions every five minutes from family and the siren's call of never-ending household chores? Usually they have to pay quite a lot of money at a local hotel for that.

@jmckendry84 Жыл бұрын

The catch though is that you might get sick while you're trying to write!

@samaradragonhart5719 Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. And if you do get sick, that's just extra writing material.

@mythtree6348 Жыл бұрын

odd that you say this .. i was living next to JKRowling when i considered doing such a drug trial. Fortunately now I know how corrupt medical science is and i wouldnt touch it with a bargepole. How on earth have you not noticed the last few years ???

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Жыл бұрын

Perhaps getting infected with a virus is the cure to writer's block.

@mythtree6348 Жыл бұрын

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Orwell was dying of TB when he wrote 1984. Sadly nobody heeded his book tho so he shouldnt have bothered. I cant believe you folks are so in the dark.

@ciclon5682 Жыл бұрын

so. let me get this straight: im paid. and i am also given a private room, for a few weeks, with food, treats, a tv, a ps4, and all i have to do is, get the flu.. and its also for the good of medicine as a whole.. as long as its fully concensual, i have no ethical complains with this, hell if i am healthy enough i might volunteer myself to do this, worst case scenario there is an entire team of highly skilled medics ready to tend to me if things go south.

@rossstewart9475 Жыл бұрын

You didn't get it entirely straight, I'm afraid: You forgot the part where you're given experimental drugs. Worst case scenario, there are long term consequences for the drugs you're given that didn't show up in animal testing. This important detail is why there is an ethical question hanging over the concept. Renumerating those who volunteer sems appropriate, but given that poverty and the threat of poverty is a thing, it becomes uncomfortable when we might consider that an individual could feel forced to join such trials to pay for their existence. The glories of capitalism, I guess.

@Dkgow Жыл бұрын

It may be the flu this time, it may be super covid the next. You never know what you may get or what you will feel for it. I would do this, but I am sure having an adverse reaction to needles, I would be disqualified as they wouldn't want someone like me to be injected. They wouldn't know if it was my adverse reaction (fear of needles) or if it was the virus itself.

@durdleduc8520 Жыл бұрын

@@Dkgow they wouldn't give you super covid, the entire point is that they are administering a virus that they know you will recover from. there would have to be a severe mishap for you to actually get threatened. doctors do not mess around

@derp777_ Жыл бұрын

@@Dkgow well, you will know what you'll get. that's part of the whole informed consent thing. you sign up for a study about a specific virus and you know you're getting the common cold or influenza or super covid when you're signing the consent form, long before you get infected.

@sircalvin Жыл бұрын

@@Dkgow i may be wrong but last time i checked a fear of needles does not have similar symptoms to a respiratory virus also you know exactly what you're getting, in the the thingy you sign

@P0PE418 Жыл бұрын

Dammit, I wish they had this stuff in my area I’d be doing this as much as I could, helping science and getting to lay sick and play video games.

@theyruinedyoutubeagain Жыл бұрын

I'd be self-conscious enough that I'd keep working on my laptop.

@dakoderii4221 Жыл бұрын

The propaganda is working well. Edward Bernays and Joseph Mengele would be proud.

@mykeljmoney Жыл бұрын

I saw that PS4. I could manage gaming for a few weeks.

@Tomluke5823 Жыл бұрын

@@theyruinedyoutubeagainidk I think will be good for teens or college students making quick bagwhen job is not really important

@firecrow7973 Жыл бұрын

@@Tomluke5823 2k a week is way more than i make

@rickseiden1 Жыл бұрын

£4,000 - £4,500 is a lot of money and could really help someone between jobs. Also, it's more than that. You don't have to pay the "cost of living" expenses like food or basic necessities while you're in there. I can really see this program as being appealing to people who need some money in a very bad way.

@roguegryphonica3147 Жыл бұрын

Considering how things will be by winter they will have plenty of people as paid volunteers

@jacksongatens2419 Жыл бұрын

I know a guy who did this in Philly a couple years ago he said most of the people he did it with were guys in and out of prison or homeless people who got clean long enough to take part in the trial

@FlamRackett Жыл бұрын

I signed up to a very similar scheme at aged 18 when I was unemployed. They were offering £2000, plus paid travel. I was ready to go until I got offered a job and had to cancel

@Decodeish1 Жыл бұрын

However, this raises ethical questions mainly regarding the use of poor people for "risky" experiements. This is quite similar to the human egg extraction or organ extraction if you give money for it you specifically target poor people which is not what the study should use (as this abuses their position). I get the point but it's quite ethically difficult to do programs like this. This is why they say that the people are compensated for their time rather than being paid for it.

@hastyscorpion Жыл бұрын

@@Decodeish1 on the flip side with no financial incentive you would get significantly less people doing it. Which hurts humanity as a whole.

@Pehmokettu Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of one Finnish research project where you got a free trip to Benin (a country in Africa) and you were free to do anything in the area but if you got diarrhea then you had to poo in a plastic bag and call a researcher to pick up the diarrhea sample for the experiment. They were researching ways to prevent and cure diarrhea.

@tbotalpha8133 Жыл бұрын

Why would you send someone to an area prone to diarrhea-causing diseases, in the hope that they'd get sick? You could just go there yourself, find some people who are already suffering, take samples from them, pay them for their... products, and then take that stuff away for analysis. And if you really needed a live and compliant subject, it would be far safer and more reliable to transport your samples back home, isolate the disease in a lab, then infect paid volunteers in a controlled environment. This supposed research project makes no sense.

@theninja4137 Жыл бұрын

@@tbotalpha8133 I guess they wanted to know how non-immune Europeans react to exposure of bacteria there Taking samples of the local population would be different to samples from people who were not exposed to local germs before. Intentionally infecting people tells you nothing about what strains they'd be infected with

@draconblade Жыл бұрын

@@tbotalpha8133 They were testing a vaccination against "travelers' diarrhoea" and testing mental wellbeing due to traveling to the tropics . The paper is called "A Two-Week Vacation in the Tropics and Psychological Well-Being-An Observational Follow-Up Study".

@TryinaD Жыл бұрын

I would willingly take this experiment to travel to Bali (I’m Indonesian but lives overseas and have been for 5 years)

@MrTeddy12397 Жыл бұрын

@@tbotalpha8133 locals are more resistant to diarrhea, travellers are extremely suspectible.

@josephcaisley560 Жыл бұрын

I did a trial here in March. Got paid £3.25k, great experience would definitely do it again. Good for if you’re self employed or WFH

@josephcaisley560 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t even get sick

@tuckerbugeater Жыл бұрын

@@josephcaisley560 Just wait for the next pandemic. You might get some bennies.

@Sergeantmajormario Жыл бұрын

Me at the start of this video: "Oh lord... I can't imagine people doing that..." Dr Andrew Catchpole "People are compensated for their time here, usually £4,000" Me: ".....Just a couple of weeks, huh?" Edit: people in my replies talking about the differences in the salaries. I'm an unemployed Brit, so that's nearly a years worth of Universal Credit for just 2 weeks

@smugler Жыл бұрын

That's like a 2 years salary in my country.

@Tarks_Coady_EFC Жыл бұрын

@@smugler Where u from bro?

@noelic6744 Жыл бұрын

@@Tarks_Coady_EFC That's like the salary for the lower end of the middle class people in Bangladesh.

@mastaw Жыл бұрын

@@noelic6744per what?

@nuip7936 Жыл бұрын

@@mastaw annual salary

@TomScottGo Жыл бұрын

I would like to clarify that when I said "great content" at the start, I meant it ironically. No-one's work should ever have to be referred to as "content".

@elquesohombre9931 Жыл бұрын

How was this written 13 days ago

@halcyon_starlight Жыл бұрын

@@elquesohombre9931 O.O

@Chickaqee Жыл бұрын

@@elquesohombre9931 and why does it have such few likes

@MikevanLieshout Жыл бұрын

@@elquesohombre9931 members get the videos earlier

@rukiakuckiki3980 Жыл бұрын

That's super cool of you to come back and specify that. I look up to your respect for others a lot. Thank you for being such a good human

@oakenshadow6763 Жыл бұрын

Wow. I never knew this was a thing. Awesome. Thank you to everyone who does this. I worked in a grocery store all through Covid. I risked my life with far less compensation.

@oakenshadow6763 Жыл бұрын

@@mythtree6348 I knew about clinical trials for medications. I just never thought of this side of it.

@rafielk3606 Жыл бұрын

2:26 at least the researchers have a sense of irony and comedy, offering sims 4 as one of the ps4 games when you are inside in quarantine

@Zveebo Жыл бұрын

£4k for two week in what looks likes a pretty comfortable environment really isn’t too bad at all, even if it does involve getting ill for a bit. And you’re doing your bit to help advance medical science 👍

@kakyoindonut3213 Жыл бұрын

"isn't too bad at all" no it's too good actually

@slick.deuceman01 Жыл бұрын

how did you find out the figure for the compensation? I can't find the amount you'd get paid on the website anywhere

@leoshaw4675 Жыл бұрын

I paused the video when it said 4 and signed up

@Miragexe Жыл бұрын

@@slick.deuceman01 Literally in the video

@MartijnPennings Жыл бұрын

Well, the thing is, there can be strong side effects to both viruses and vaccines. If one side effect is: one in a million will die, would you still take the money?

@retrojournalist Жыл бұрын

To all people who are part of this: you have my respect.

@soranuareane Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR DOING A VIDEO ON THIS!!! Voluntary trials like this are an immense asset to the medical industry for developing and testing vaccines. All vaccines must go through a similar process and these people are furthering our ability to develop and test vaccines.

@LHyoutube Жыл бұрын

@@TheStupidDetectiv - Yes, all vaccines. As he clearly said.

@jamieabraham-brett2978 Жыл бұрын

I did this exact same trial in London 10 years ago, easiest £3.5k I've ever made, loved it! Weirdest thing was having no daylight and nurses said all of our sleeping patterns had synced up over 10 days...

@shambhav9534 Жыл бұрын

Seems like the sleep patterns were the more fascinating study.

@StefandeJong1 Жыл бұрын

I've volunteered for drug trials 4 times so far. Always super professional, super nice medical personnel - and the people you're staying with is generally a very good time as well. Kept a few friends from those trials.

@aspuzling Жыл бұрын

Were you quarantined with other participants?

@StefandeJong1 Жыл бұрын

@@aspuzling You couldn't leave as you were under evaluation every hour, but personnel was never in over the top PPE as we weren't dealing with viruses here, but testing side-effects of medication

@aspuzling Жыл бұрын

@@StefandeJong1 ok, but were you able to speak to other participants, or staff only?

@ciclon5682 Жыл бұрын

@@aspuzling usually in tests like these you are not allowed to talk to other participants unless its needed for any reason. usually they try to track individual progress.

@joostfloot5279 Жыл бұрын

Bij welke organisatie?

@Powpineapple_Studios Жыл бұрын

Drug trials are literally in my biology test tomorrow. Thx for the revision Tom

@adrianthoroughgood1191 Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@mimii694 Жыл бұрын

Good luck!! I think my younger brother is doing the same exam tmrw if you're doing AQA

@greezchum76 Жыл бұрын

And the stars aligned

@rachelelizabethdare1981 Жыл бұрын

Same! Good luck:)

@keithwasntbarrumsing483 Жыл бұрын

GCSE student? good luck!

@MNNski Жыл бұрын

Not going to lie, I already work a dangerous job for less then what they pay these people. I'd definitely do this.

@tuckerbugeater Жыл бұрын

You can do for free when they release the next pandemic.

@jo5hua0680 8 ай бұрын

Sorry if I’m being too curious, but now I am. What job?

@MNNski 8 ай бұрын

@@jo5hua0680 I work in an iron refinery.

@OriginalG8trdan Жыл бұрын

I'm Glad this is happening. We needed this research.

@Rosskles Жыл бұрын

We've always needed this research and many people are alive today thanks to decades of this type of research.

@lockethomas7165 Жыл бұрын

You maybe a little bit brainwashed son, just maybe.

@mythtree6348 Жыл бұрын

@@Rosskles i literally fell off my seat at your naivete .. oh dear. Please learn to use the internet and research stuff . :(

@jamesbellamy9328 Жыл бұрын

@ Myth Tree Thanks for the tip, I do love researching “stuff”. Maybe I’ll start with Byzantine tax law, what do you reckon?

@LHyoutube Жыл бұрын

@@mythtree6348 - WTF are you talking about?! 😂

@Sentinel-cc3lo Жыл бұрын

£4,000 to sit in a room and play Bloodborne for two weeks without seeing anyone? I did that for 4 months in 2020 for free.

@stevenhicks3321 Жыл бұрын

zelda tears of the kingdom came out .. just saying..

@smolmemes2351 Жыл бұрын

ah well at least most of us got the virus for free which was created in such labs

@waffles3629 Жыл бұрын

Major props to the people who do medical trials. I never could, one look at my medical history would be automatic rejection. But I've been on so many meds for so many things that have greatly improved my life.

@anomonyous Жыл бұрын

It's like people who give blood or plasma, but a little more extensive. Again, the world we live in today is what makes these things seem a bit icky. Being rewarded for doing something for the community isn't a bad thing. It's a noble pursuit, and it saves lives.

@Pysslis Жыл бұрын

You don’t risk getting chronically ill from giving blood though.

@Heksu99 Жыл бұрын

Yes, but the limit how often you are allowed is different from what is suggested

@bijou2 Жыл бұрын

Also, you don't get paid money for giving blood in the UK. What you get is a drink (squash/tea/coffee), and some crisps(chips) or biscuits(cookies)

@supxrkicks560 Жыл бұрын

@@Pysslis the risk of *chronic* illness here is very, very low. it's as controlled an environment as it's going to get.

@LHyoutube Жыл бұрын

@@Pysslis - Nor do you in these studies either.

@danawhite9823 Жыл бұрын

I love that Tom gets to travel the world, dropping knowledge for all of us.

@matthewbrotman2907 Жыл бұрын

This one, of course, is probably like three Tube stops from his home 😆

@danawhite9823 Жыл бұрын

@@matthewbrotman2907 HA! He might be happy to be home for a few days, too!

@HannaHasAPlan 11 ай бұрын

My son suffered terribly when he was a baby and caught RSV. I appreciate everyone taking part in these vaccine trials - staff and participants 🙏🏻

@VickiVampiressYT Жыл бұрын

I'm always amazed at the amount of interesting people and things Tom manages to find after all the videos he's done over the years. I think I learned more about what kind of interesting things there are in the world from Tom Scott than I ever would have from school books.

@Eliska_Premyslovna Жыл бұрын

I should have known about this when I wrote my thesis. Not being able to procrastinate by cleaning my entire apartment and cooking elaborate meals would be a big help.

@theninja4137 Жыл бұрын

If you lucked out and didn't get ill/only mildly so yes. But you could also end up losing a week or two of time until the deadline

@Escap1st7 Жыл бұрын

@@theninja4137 eh, you'll be $4k well off either way

@plaguedoctor5097 Жыл бұрын

Tutorial: how to call in sick for work for free.

@647Max Жыл бұрын

U don’t have to be sick to call in sick 👽

@szhu25 Жыл бұрын

Company: You can still work remotely, no?

@Rosskles Жыл бұрын

"And get paid for it"

@georgiykireev9678 Жыл бұрын

Tfw you calling in sick IS the job

@mohaa556 Жыл бұрын

@@szhu25 I did actually thought about how effective it would be if I did that. Most of my work I do remotely anyways all I would need is a stable internet access and I could do my work, do some gaming after work and get paid 4-5k extra on top of my normal salary. Shame I don't live in the UK.

@sundaynightdrunk Жыл бұрын

When I was a broke college student, I'd sign up for psychological trials done by students who would pay small amounts of money (like $25 in the late '80s) to give me a little walking around money, but £4000 is a lot of money, even today. I think I'd go for it if I was having a bit of trouble financially.

@lifeintornadoalley Жыл бұрын

My neighbor was a trial patient. Me being a good teen, on the weekends we'd go from buffalo NY to Ann arbor Michigan for neurology trials. It was very weird. They weren't themselves for a minute 😔.

@einCAA Жыл бұрын

Can you join such a test, while also being a remote-worker? Being in quarantine while continuing to work "normally" is probably easier than being bored 24/7.

@dutchglobetrotter4513 Жыл бұрын

Off course you can, Tom had a video call with that guy so there is his speed internet.

@Soul-Burn Жыл бұрын

From their FAQs: "Volunteers are allowed electronic devices such as laptops and smart phones so you are able to stay in touch with your family member/friend throughout their stay." "Volunteers can bring almost anything to make their room feel more like home. Our team need space to carry out their work, so there’s not enough room for big items like TVs or desktop computers, but most things like laptops, iPad's and any small musical instruments are very welcome." They don't mention anything about remote working, neither for the positive or the negative.

@noelh9842 Жыл бұрын

I would think so. You would only need to be supervised so I'm guessing as long as you are staying there you could do what you like.

@TheEvilMammal Жыл бұрын

probably best to contact a place that does something like this and ask.

@redfailhawk Жыл бұрын

I was looking into this--as long as your item needs for such work aren't excessive, the answer appears to be yes!

@justin.booth. Жыл бұрын

I applied for this and got past two rounds of screening but unfortunately already had antibodies for the virus being tested 😢

@ClockworkChainsaw Жыл бұрын

There's always the next virus!

@ThexMJT Жыл бұрын

Where did you find out about the trials?

@ChimeraX0401 Жыл бұрын

@@ThexMJTThey are announced by CDC (if it is a major one like the covid vaccine) or you can go to research universities and ask there if they will be doing medical trials....

@invisiblesteve9523 Жыл бұрын

I love doing clinical trials for my eczema. Typical treatments haven't worked consistently, and I'm really into science, so it's interesting to see what's being tested for the market over the next few years. I've never done one on the inpatient level, but I wouldn't mind it. It's crazy to have something work well enough that it shows you what real quality of life is like (I also have some undiagnosed autoimmune disorder) and then go back to your 'normal' level of illness after the trial is up. Yay scientific innovation!

@koenven7012 Жыл бұрын

I currently work in my company on such a challenge trial for Dengue. I only do data analysis, but it's very interesting to see how the participants in the trial live as I haven't seen that before. Thanks Tom for giving me a glimpse into the world my data comes from.

@camillechauve1352 Жыл бұрын

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@Angel-nb9st Жыл бұрын

thanks to them for their time and health for the rest of us to be safe

@arrjay2410 Жыл бұрын

I knew places like this exist, and not just in England. It's interesting to see the interior of one and get it's workings explained. I'm too old to risk this sort of thing now (not to mention a few health issues that go with age). Very interesting, good report.

@verity3616 Жыл бұрын

This is a good-hearted video and nice to see such a respectful display of both the volunteer patient and laboratory side of things! Often the hands-on care folks are seen as heroes in medicine, but public health relies on data crunchers, pipettes, and articulate patients too. I don't mind if people do this for money (either videos or volunteer). Knowledge is _vital_ for improving outcomes and awareness increases participation!

@kablovskisenior447 Жыл бұрын

Tom Scott makes a good point: plenty of other dangerous jobs exist, that don’t let you chill in a hotel with an Xbox all day long. We should let people make decisions about their jobs and what risks to take on themselves.

@BlastedUniqueIdentifiers Жыл бұрын

Not to mention, most of those jobs aren't as clear about being potentially dangerous.

@WolfgangDoW Жыл бұрын

And especially in America many people get truly awful or dangerous jobs cos it's the only way to get any access to basic healthcare

@Verdugo_Arulaq Жыл бұрын

This is actually really interesting, as a kid this kind of thing always fascinated me, I wondered if it was possible and if so have we done it already. Little 12 year old me feels validated by Tom rn lmao

@bastiaan1150 Жыл бұрын

Production quality in this episode in particular, but all your videos generally is incredibly high. Thanks Tom&Team!

@philipsullivan4885 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to those brave enough for this kind of work.

@candiidoggii1360 Жыл бұрын

thank you for your service tom

@jama211 Жыл бұрын

I could never but I'm so glad there are people that do

@gmtom19 Жыл бұрын

This is how literally every zombie movie starts.

@j0nnyism Жыл бұрын

No way would I do this. These guys are very brave the idea of being intentionally infected is a terrifying idea for me

@ali_m_ 11 ай бұрын

I would do this entirely for the cause of fowarding the cause of curing sicknesses, all that stuff provided is just a bonus.

@NoName-ik2du Жыл бұрын

As a person who has had doctors tell me something has "little to no risk" of long-term complications, followed by what turned out to be completely devastating complications, I can't possibly fathom doing something like this. The pay's not too stellar either... If they are quarantined for two weeks, £4,000 - £4,500 only works out to £11.90 - £13.39 per hour.

@NoName-ik2du Жыл бұрын

@Adam Gutierrez You are working 24 hours a day. It literally consumes your entire life until it's over. A month doing this is the equivalent of four and a half normal work months of your time invested.

@Ludix147 Жыл бұрын

They did malaria challenge trials at my university a few years back, a few of my friends considered getting infected, but they didn't go through with it :D The next iteration was deemed less risky and compensation was lower.

@PrograError Жыл бұрын

well... risk and reward...

@beaulynskey8470 Жыл бұрын

I remember when I was bed ridden after testing positive through a lateral flow test and contacting my tutor through email about my news, only to come back to uni the following week when my PCR test results came back negative. 🤒😊

@lisak4928 Жыл бұрын

I remember seeing ads for this all the time back when I still lived in England! So cool that its actually helping

@beybladetunada5697 Жыл бұрын

You have no Idea how many people would be down to spend quality time, even if sick, on a cozy room like this with a playstation and snacks and getting paid, hell I want to do it!

@DJPillow-DJNayarit-DJTape Жыл бұрын

Only issue for me is the unknown percentage of chance of getting physically ill, everything else is a pro.

@mevanjooo2475 Жыл бұрын

I did this in a waiting semester while in uni. Ijust made music all day and played apex. And i got paid for it to. Such a cool thing to do if your able, cause you can be lazy for the greater good.

@navigator1819 Жыл бұрын

How sick did you become?

@Celtic_Amy 11 ай бұрын

I wasn't sick with something in June of 2019 and Fall of 2019. Then I wasn't sick at all between January 2020-October 2022. I got COVID19 mid November 2022 followed by what I believe to be RSV on December 22, 2022. The combination of the two really had me sick. I have a great immune system, but a lesser immune system would have put me in the hospital. Getting paid £4,000 and only have mild symptoms would be ideal for someone out of work and will save lives.

@skywatcher2025 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the camera work in this one!

@aresef Жыл бұрын

There’s a guy here in Baltimore who went viral (heh) for doing a dysentery challenge trial and tweeting through it.

@boopydoopy4506 Жыл бұрын

So glad that Tom is promoting these kinds of trials!

@Mushroomlover06 11 ай бұрын

Ong.. Tysm for being willing to risk ur life for us. U clinical trial people are the reason most of us are alive today. Real respect. ❤

@DeeTofa Жыл бұрын

The biggest hack is working a remote job while getting paid to stay in the room. Also, I assume they pay for food so that's another plus.

@Pyrozoid Жыл бұрын

Tom showing the proper way to clean your hands with soap. Good on ya tom

@ajfurnari2448 Жыл бұрын

Tom should have demanded a red scrubs top, for continuity.

@gameeverything816 Жыл бұрын

What I want to know is if in the history of this place has anyone ever died or became seriously ill?

@HollowSun Жыл бұрын

The idea of Tom not wearing his red t-shirt was so inconceivable to me that I glanced at the thumbnail and assumed some huge mistake had been made in colour correction

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Жыл бұрын

Tom now has four outfits: - red t-shirt - gray hoodie - suit - blue scrubs

@hythonwolf4551 Жыл бұрын

Made me very happy to see him in the room i was quarantined in, for some reason 😂 Thanks for raising more awareness of this!

@dancoulson6579 Жыл бұрын

I think it's a perfectly good idea. So long as the risks are made abundantly clear to the subject. If they're making an informed decision, then I see no ethical problem with it.

@Ascertivus Жыл бұрын

A seemingly very noble cause. I have a lot of respect for those who participate.

@squidsbizarreadventure Жыл бұрын

Wait the blue really makes Tom's eyes pop

@ay7828 Жыл бұрын

This would make a perfect post-apocaliptic video game/movie scenario.

@erictaylor5462 Жыл бұрын

1:55 Wow, that room looks almost exactly like the room you wake up in at the start of Portal II.

@marcinmrzyglocki Жыл бұрын

These last seconds are just like: "damnit, I should have taken that offer, I NEED A VACATION!"

@jamesangel140 Жыл бұрын

I did this! It was really east very comfortable. Just played ps4 for 2 weeks with mates, didnt even get ill at all. Would definitely do it again

@velily1 Жыл бұрын

Nooo Tom I was trying to keep this magic money trick a secret and now millions of people are gonna know and I’m probably never gonna get picked 😭

@RobertShippey Жыл бұрын

I think they have to be very selective, most people aren’t eligible for some reason or another. You’ll probably still get picked if you’re eligible.

@Dungeonmaster1337 Жыл бұрын

Parents: - He'll be a doctor - No, he will be Me in the other room: - I wanna be sick

@BreakyTime 6 ай бұрын

These volunteers are heroes

@hazeltree7738 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for someone to make a whole conspiracy theory out of this

@CristiNeagu Жыл бұрын

Considering it's true, it's already a conspiracy theory.

@RandomnessChannelYT Жыл бұрын

the organizations are doing this for ages and still the conspiracy theory are nowadays what are ages ago. nothing will change

@advanceringnewholder Жыл бұрын

@@RedLemon69 They grind them into vaccine

@Grievous_Nix Жыл бұрын

@@RedLemon69 zombies, duh

@heidirabenau511 Жыл бұрын

Careful, don't give the conspiracy theorists ideas!

@carlbutcher2268 Жыл бұрын

Used to have a work colleague who would use his paid holiday to do this. Tried it myself, but they're very stringent about the kinds of test subjects they'll take. Everyone has to conform to a very specific body type to reduce test variables, and while I meet the criteria for being a white male of approximately average height, their pre-screening tests are also how I found out I have cholesterol issues that exempt me from this. 😅

@nicholasosullivan831 10 ай бұрын

As someone who recently got RSV, I've had post-viral fatigue for weeks. I don't envy those people

@brianpso Жыл бұрын

We have those here in NZ as well and I've made a lot of money from them! Our trials don't require the patient to receive the virus though, it's usually just a medication and then we're monitored for side effects and whatever else the study is trying to find. It's really good money, and there are quite some people who can work from home that enroll on these for some extra money. Australia is quite big on those as well, and you can even do them while being a tourist there!

@33niboR Жыл бұрын

That‘s a sick job

@Harry101UK Жыл бұрын

Ba-dum-TSS

@noahtalksmoney Жыл бұрын

This honestly feels like something in a sci-fi movie for all the wrong reasons...

@lydierayn Жыл бұрын

mutially beneficial. Both in terms of capital and research. This is a perfect direction for our society. And im thankful for all researchers and atendees that are part of these trials

@thatonekidonaboat1269 Жыл бұрын

I did a mock for RSV clinical trials for my GCSE biology exam yesterday! Did very well on the actual paper today, so waiting for the results!

@firmi_2119 Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@a007j007 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting. I'd have liked to know what they do in the event of a fire or some evactuation-causing emergency. Do a bunch of infected people just file out onto the street?

@Sakkura1 Жыл бұрын

Bear in mind this virus isn't really dangerous. The main reason for the quarantine is to ensure the subjects are only infected with that one particular virus and at the right exposure level, to get good data. So if they have to be evacuated due to a fire, that'll mess up weeks worth of experiments, but it isn't going to spread anything dangerous to the rest of the world.

@ciclon5682 Жыл бұрын

considering the viruses they use are very diluted and weak. i think that in the case of a life threatening emergency. they would risk it and evacuate anyways.

@LHyoutube Жыл бұрын

Yes, of course they do. As someone else already explained, the diseases involved are minor and already very common in the outside population. The worst that would happen from people having to evacuate is possibly compromising the study therefore the results from those particular participants needing to be discarded.

@archity1242 Жыл бұрын

Tom just loves concluding videos by walking through doors

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Жыл бұрын

And, unlike last time, the door was actually open.

@yolopolotyur Жыл бұрын

Imagine coming in to work because you are sick.

@Shade00a00 Жыл бұрын

I love the color calibration you've done on the video, it looks so good/real

@Glen_lastname Жыл бұрын

£4000 for 2 weeks?! Hell I'd do that

@simon3240 Жыл бұрын

Amazing pipette skills at 0:59

@northstarjakobs Жыл бұрын

I've always wondered how people were able to get the yearly flu shots out so quickly, so it's cool to know that this sort of research helps get those vaccines out faster. Thanks to the annual jab, I've only gotten a handful of cases of bad flu throughout my life, and only once have I required any kind of medical treatment for one (a lingering cough that I still had two months afterwards).

@scottd9448 Жыл бұрын

I thought about doing one of these a long time ago when I was unemployed for a short time. I thought about it for a while & then found about the trial I was looking at (TGN1412 trial at Northwick Park Hospital in 2006). It was local to me at the time & it didn't go well. Very glad I missed it.

@28_futaba Жыл бұрын

Omg I'm glad you didn't go!

@scottd9448 Жыл бұрын

@@28_futaba so am I.

@supernenechi Жыл бұрын

This is the sort of thing we will probably look back on in a few decades and call it archaic, but right now it's lifesaving.

@LoganHollowC Жыл бұрын

@@conor7154 hundreds of thousands die globally from the flu every year. It can cause further complications like pneumonia. Esp affects elderly and immunocompromised people.

@Humulator Жыл бұрын

@@conor7154 there are many(about 50,000 die from it in a year). But this isn't just the flu, it can be any other virus

@stevethepocket Жыл бұрын

@@conor7154 Try going back to 1918 and asking that. Actually, no, that wouldn't work; a lot of people would have agreed with you. _That's why they died._

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Жыл бұрын

Since the participants in the studies are living in relative isolation for a relatively significant time, I'd be interested to know if there's any noted mental effects. Have there been psychological studies on these volunteers?

@jxh02 Жыл бұрын

The tag-line, Spread The Word, is genius.

@N0gtail Жыл бұрын

I love the cinematography of this one!

@kora8063 Жыл бұрын

Looking at the advertisements, it feels to me like it isn't easy to find people for this, and I can see why, since being locked in a single room for an unspecified time doesn't sound very fun. And you would lose contact with people and wouldn't even be able to go out for a walk...

@Jehty_ Жыл бұрын

It seems like Tom did a poor job in this video. Sure, being in a room for two weeks isn't great, but that's not the main part which should worry you. You get infected with a virus and a new medication. That's the part that should worry you. Maybe even scare you.

@tarsiere7308 Жыл бұрын

it's 2023, most people already live like this for no money.

@moffat5439 Жыл бұрын

as an introvert, I see this as an absolute win

@nicolescats2 Жыл бұрын

It might be easier to get volunteers nowadays than it used to be. Thanks to the Internet, it's easy to interact with others without having to meet them in person. Plus, a scheduled video call with a friend is just more fulfilling than a scheduled phone call. It's still not fun to be stuck in a room, but it's less lonely than it used to be.

@fitybux4664 Жыл бұрын

"you would lose contact with people"

@PhoebeHB Жыл бұрын

I've been contemplating taking a week or two off work just to properly relax and not travel anywhere, just watch TV and read, and now I'm hearing I could get 4k for doing it?!