Brigitte Nielsen says she would purposely be infected with coronavirus if she got paid: ‘I would do it’ – Yahoo Entertainment

While the world tries its best to fight the recent coronavirus outbreak, model and actress Brigitte Nielsen says shed be willing to get infected on purpose for a price.

Nielsen joined the panel of The Talk as a guest co-host on Tuesday and weighed in on the recent news that a medical testing company in London, Hvivo, is looking to pay volunteers around $4,500 to participate in a vaccine trial that would require them to be infected with a strain of coronavirus.

If I was in my 20s [and] feeling healthy I would definitely be a guinea pig, said Nielsen.

She continued, In my 20s I could need the money and I feel like if youve gotta get infected, do it when youre overlooked by doctors.

Panelist Marie Osmond echoed Nielsens sentiment.

I would have in my 20s, she said. I would do that just to help other people, I would.

Viewers headed to Twitter to weigh in on Nielsen and Osmonds willingness to take one for the team, with some saying they didnt exactly feel the same way:

But others wrote it didnt seem like a bad offer:

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Brigitte Nielsen says she would purposely be infected with coronavirus if she got paid: 'I would do it' - Yahoo Entertainment