ST. LOUIS (AP) – Guests can get paid $3,500 to stay at a St. Louis hotel for up
to 12 days with catered meals, as long as they sign up to be exposed to the flu
virus.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a research unit at St. Louis
University is testing the effectiveness of flu vaccines by paying volunteers to
stay at its Salus Center. Participants will be given a flu shot or a placebo,
and then receive a dose of a flu virus through nasal spray.
The volunteers will then be observed for flu symptoms, such as fever, runny
nose, sneezing or coughing.
The university spent about $350,000 to convert 24 hotel rooms into a
quarantined medical unit.
The Extended Stay Research Unit expects to welcome its first guests within the
next year.
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