Science, skepticism & politics on Russia’s Covid vaccine & Putin push to recreate ‘Sputnik moment’

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Russian President Vladamir Putin announced the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday called ‘Sputnik V’. In episode 547 of Cut The Clutter, Shekhar Gupta assesses the science & skepticism around the vaccine implications going ahead.—————————————————————————————-
Read David Ignatius’ piece in Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/putin-is-reckless-because-we-allow-him-to-be/2020/08/11/2e89b79c-dc17-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html

Read Carl Zimmer’s piece in New York Times

Read the transcript of Vladamir Putin and Mikhail Murashko’s announcement of the vaccine
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/63877

Watch Episode 513 of Cut The Clutter on rise of Putin

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