About 20 people have taken this nasal vaccine they say.
Here is the story. technologyreview.com/2020/07/29/100…
Could Covid-19 be different? From Estep's email:
"I have been skeptical about the routine importance of he biohacker community, but this might be their best opportunity to date..."
They settled on a nasal peptide vaccine.
Seems to be easy to make, but much less certain it has any potency. It could be a nothing. Not yet proven
I can say they put up a public website and twitter account @RADVACproject on July 4th. I didn't find out about it until last week when i got a tip.
They claim because participants mix ingredients themselves, and self-administer, it's beyond regulatory reach.
I doubt that, but whether they get in trouble may hinge on how they talk about it.
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These peptides likely ordered from some kind of research supply house. Not GMP grade.
Here's the paper where he played the part of guneia pig. researchsquare.com/article/rs-273…
The DIY vaccine project in Boston is quite different in that regard, because it now involves something like 70 people, at least 20 of whom have taken it. Group self experiment?
Sent to more than 100 labs worldwide (presumably DIY labs, collectives) and envisions 'global implementation',
screenshot via @biohackinfo