Sputnik V Vaccine
latest news & developmentsWhy science & research can be hard to swallow: Sputnik V and the giant hamburger of trust
The scientific process is like a hamburger. By examining the quality of each ingredient, you can see how good the end product is. You wouldn’t want mouldy bread or wilted lettuce…
How not to run a vaccine clinical trial – The Sputnik case study
Russia’s COVID vaccine, Sputnik V, is plagued by a series of red flags and question marks surrounding its clinical trials and results. Here’s how the jab took a shortcut and…
The dark side of Israel’s vaccine success story
Israel is refusing to provide the vaccine to the millions of Palestinians it is forcefully ruling over.
WHO warns coronavirus herd immunity unlikely this year
Infections numbers are surging around the world, especially in Europe where nations have been forced to ramp up virus restrictions even as vaccines are rolled out.