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Are we still bound by the Nuremburg Code (Article 6 paragraph 1 & 3)?

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MrAverage1965 · 61-69, M
The Nuremberg Code requires that human participants in experiments give informed consent and was adopted as part of the 1949 Geneva Conventions (here), so breaking the code would constitute a war crime (here).

However, this code is about the rights of subjects in medical research and experiments. Experts told Reuters that mask-wearing falls under public health interventions, not medical research or medical interventions.
LaParisienne · 22-25, F
@MrAverage1965 Semantics, then?
MrAverage1965 · 61-69, M
@LaParisienne what are you suggesting is an experiment, the use of vaccines?
LaParisienne · 22-25, F
@MrAverage1965 Some are saying so, but they have made it a medical question rather than experimental