[vedtopkar]

This sentiment is not unique to biomedicine. It's pretty often you see people finger elitism or capitalism for screwing people over because "I can make it myself."

Ethically, you are more than welcome to experiment on yourself. That's your prerogative. But, as has already been expressed here, the issue is once you start giving your creation to others. Even when the science is conceptually very simple, like in the case of nucleic acid vaccines, a huge number of variables can impact the safety and efficacy endpoints for the recipient. That's why trials and regulation are essential.

Are these regulatory systems perfect? Absolutely not (they are in dire need of reform). But they form an essential safety barrier for the general public. Decrying them as class warfare is incredibly naive.

[dschuessler]

Your pointing to that component of science that is commonly underappreciated in the public reception: mutual review. Be it in the form of replication, criticism or peer review.

Science is a social activity. So cooking things up in a kitchen all by yourself is consequently not.

The proper way to go forward would be to seek out the accepted forums and channels of his peers to get opinions on his work. That is as much a part of science as is experimenting.

Unrelated: Do I understand it correctly that his sample size is n=3? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17c7LtrUlnzadif63pR8G...

[madrox]

That is more or less my understanding. This person clearly feels comfortable with his own work. His choice. I would never inject his homebrew, and I would not trust my own understanding enough to do this myself. I don’t think that makes me naive. From what I’ve read, it took no time at all to create the coronavirus vaccine. The time taken was mostly around studying efficacy in various groups and checking side effects.

What I think this highlights is the perceived role and efficacy of regulation in society. Social media, for example, is going through a regulatory discussion, and given its growing role in matters of consequence I don’t think it beyond the pale to consider regulating it. We made that decision about medicine long ago, and I’d assert we are better for it.