My Life as an Experiment

On participating in the Novavax vaccine trial during the pandemic

In this photo illustration a medical syringe and a vial with COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine seen in front of the Novavax the U.S. vaccine development company logo. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Conchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

When the nurse asks me why I’m in the vaccine trial, I tell her, “I’m relatively young, relatively healthy, and I’m…