Consider This: Covid-19 (Part 1) - Scientific or Political Leadership?

Aug 13, 2020, 04:56 AM

We begin with news that President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia has become the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine, after less than two months of human testing. Moscow has likened its success to the Cold War-era space race but is this the kind of nationalist frame that the world needs? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan bring you the most important conversations of the day.