Manufactured in a traditional way, by growing the inactivated virus, Valneva's vaccine could convince mRNA sceptics to reconsider and benefit from surging - and unmet - demand in developing countries, provided the firm scales production successfully
Chaos seems pre-ordained in FDA approval processes of numerous candidate vaccines. With a fluid reference to 'efficacy', the FDA is expected to deliver emergency authorizations within months, followed by rigorous and extensive year-long studies
Confronting very different challenges inherited from their political and institutional history, Europe as well as America will need to seek a path to rebuild the trust of their constituencies, a tall order amidst tone-deaf warring parties but a vital one
With spread rates of the virus off the charts, connectivity as defining trait of humanity has shown itself as a two-faced phenomenon governing modern life, which created economic opportunity for all but constrains domestic economic policies today
The coronavirus has – almost shockingly – laid bare unvarnished ambitions and awkward compromises within each continental block, America, China and Europe