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Human challenge trials involve deliberately exposing participants to infection in order to study diseases and test vaccines or treatments. As of August 19, 2020, the organization 1Day Sooner had recruited 34,804 volunteers for COVID-19 human challenge trials. This Metaculus question asks when a human challenge study in which a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate is administered to at least 80 people will be completed. The current median community prediction is February 5, 2021.

How many deaths that are directly attributed to COVID-19 will occur if at least one human challenge trial is run before February 5, 2021, in which a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate is administered to at least 80 people?

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