What’s going on? Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine demonstrated high efficacy and safety in trial, boosting its ambition to roll out the vaccine abroad and curb the pandemic home. What does that mean? Effectiveness In the peer-review study, the vaccine showed: 91.6% effectiveness against symptomatic Covid 100% protection against severe cases 0 serious side effects Commercial…
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Ep 105: Cautious Optimism
What’s Going On Here? The price of oil had one of its best two-day climbs on record, as Russia and Saudi Arabia shuffled closer to elbow-shaking on an end to their price war. What Does This Mean? Both Russia and Saudi Arabia have been producing more oil than anyone needed, and with supply massively outweighing…
Ep 104: Feeling Faint
What’s Going On Here? The oil price suffered its biggest drop in almost 30 years, after Saudi Arabia unexpectedly flooded the market! What Does This Mean? Oil is caught in the middle of two at-odds countries right now. On one side, there’s Saudi Arabia – the biggest producer of the OPEC. And on the other, Russia…
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