A Philadelphia priest who was part of Moderna’s Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials has died. Father John Fields was the first to volunteer when the University of Pennsylvania sent out requests for people in middle age to early 70s to participate in the trials, according to The Dialog, a publication of Catholic News Service.
The Dialog featured Fields in a story with Catholic News Service November 23, 2020. Four days later, Fields was dead. He was 70 years old. Colleagues said he died of an “apparent heart attack.” Colleagues also said that Fields “never had any concern about the risks of participating in the trials,” and that he told people he had no symptoms or side effects after either of the two injections.
News reports didn’t say whether Fields actually received the vaccine or was in the placebo group.
SOURCES:
The Dialog November 23, 2020
Aleteia December 1, 2020
ZeroHedge December 3, 2020