The country that brought horrors of Chernobyl to the world claims winning the COVID-19 vaccine race

Russia claims a win in the vaccine race. But would you take a vaccine from Vladimir Putin? | Analysishttps://t.co/GgXh5ane0M

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 11, 2020

I would think twice about taking a cup of tea from Vladimir Putin. Putin’s enemies tend to suffer acute tea intolerance.

Is the Russian vaccine good?

It’s tested on 76 volunteers; phase 3 trials not done. A good vaccine is tested on 20,000-30,000 volunteers

We don’t know exact safety/efficacy. But we DO KNOW that for vaccines it’s more important be right than to be firsthttps://t.co/8EeCvVlqd9

— Faheem Younus, MD (@FaheemYounus) August 11, 2020

Putin gives his daughter a Sputnik vaccine