Placebo does not have to be a downside to clinical trial. The Placebo effect can in turn be a non-medicinal mechanism to the eradication of a medical condition. Reacting to the Placebo COVID-19 conditions in a positive way can not only help find an alternative way to deal with the COVID-19 virus, however, it can further research in the effects of placebo. 

The value that results from a high placebo response rate 

The placebo effect can result in full recovery of the a medical condition due to the brain signaling the body to get better. If the placebo effect causes recovery within COVID-19 patients, expensive and time consuming vaccines could only be one of the treatments used against the virus. The placebo vaccine which holds no monetary or time strain can then be utilized as a more beneficial alternative. 

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The Placebo Effect plays a significant role in the progression of the COVID-19 vaccine. 



The effect of Placebo in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine

- Publishing, H. H. (n.d.). The power of the placebo effect. Retrieved from https://www.health.harvard.edu/mental-health/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect

References for value of the Placebo response in the progression of COVID-19 

Considering the high societal demand for a COVID-19 vaccine, there is a great likelihood that the expectations of the patients' need for an effective treatment will increase; this will have a dramatic psychological effect on the patient's response to trial vaccines. Psychologically speaking, a greater societal demand for a treatment for COVID-19, which increases the expectations of the patient, leads to a great likelihood for a high placebo response rate.

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