I'd sense a massive lawsuit if scientists caught major wind of a guaranteed vaccine and sat on it
That's why you do this phase in poor countries. Duh.
For instance, contraceptives were widely tested in Puerto Rico in the 50's before being put on the national market in the 60's. They weren't initially sold in Puerto Rico, though, because there wasn't enough money in it yet. [Caveat: I don't know this from personal experience - it's common knowledge in Puerto Rico, but then it's common knowledge here in Indiana that Barack Obama is a foreign-born Muslim, so ... take it all with a grain of salt.]
It is well documented, this a good documentary about it [1]
And it was not the worst case. The US government infected people intentionally with syphilis and gonorrhea in Guatemala during the 40's to research about STD [2], last week the U.S. goverment was sued over those syphilis tests [3].
That's why you do this phase in poor countries. Duh.
For instance, contraceptives were widely tested in Puerto Rico in the 50's before being put on the national market in the 60's. They weren't initially sold in Puerto Rico, though, because there wasn't enough money in it yet. [Caveat: I don't know this from personal experience - it's common knowledge in Puerto Rico, but then it's common knowledge here in Indiana that Barack Obama is a foreign-born Muslim, so ... take it all with a grain of salt.]