Quote Originally Posted by Moses
About vector vaccine. What do you want to test there? This vector is 10+ years tested. On the base of exactly this vector Russia manufactures vaccines against Ebola, SARS and Zika.
Liberal democracies are cautious about mass vaccination with new drugs because if it fails they're likely to be voted out at the next election. Putin has no such constraint and can happily sacrifice as many of his fellow Russians as he likes, with impunity.