And I got paid today.
I've also volunteered, been picked and have embarked today on a medical study on the bird flu vaccine. Apparently there is a killed-virus bird flu vaccine that is safe, but only effective at high doses; there's an adjuvant (little molecule that seems to encourage a large immune response) that is also safe and works well for other vaccines; this study seeks to test whether putting the two together produces a safe, effective vaccine.
I'm excited to be in the study - I've been following the bird flu for a few years now (the flu wiki link) and I'm happy to be a part of possibly helping others.
So the study group took my medical history, made sure I wasn't preggers, made sure I wasn't sick (with the flu hah hah), that I was in general good health and didn't have any physical issues with flu vaccines in general - I get my shot every year without issues. Then the nurse took my blood pre-shot, I got shot, and I was taught how to keep a memory log.
Now I'll be going through weekly blood draws, I'll get a second shot at week 5, more weekly blood draws - 10 in all.
And the part that belongs in a fiscal blog - I'll be paid 75$/shot, $50/blood draw for a total of $550. Not quite as tidy as disneysteve's surveys, but a not too bad haul nonetheless. Might as well put that tolerance for shots and blood draws to good use.
last day of vacay
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LOL MEC!
September 2nd, 2010 at 05:27 am 1283401678
my english castle - no kidding. They were VERY interested in my Duvall friends. "You don't help them take care of their fowl, do you?" they asked. And I'll have to explain why I won't be helping this weekend.
Anyway, no issues. I got two shots, and in reading over the protocol, I'm a control. Two shots means I've either gotten a lot of killed virus with no adjuvant (positive control) or I got placebo with no adjuvant (negative control).
Somebody's got to roll up their sleeve. If in 5 years you get one ... think of me!