Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has charged stakeholders in the oil industry to find a way of producing oil cheaper at the largest volume possible given the circumstances and future of oil itself and the country’s of requirements and needs.
EVA HAMRUD, METAFACT
2 JANUARY 2021
After a year which resulted in over 1.7 million deaths and multiple lockdowns, many people are welcoming the news that COVID-19 vaccines are starting to be given to the public. Widespread vaccination may mean that life can return to pre-pandemic normality, however this scenario depends on people s willingness to get the jab.
Some people are concerned about the safety of vaccines in general, whilst others are suspicious of the novelty and rapid turn-around time of COVID vaccines in particular. We asked 14 experts in immunology, biostatistics and vaccinology whether the COVID-19 vaccines are safe.
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Health care workers and family members cheer as David Guel is released from Ascension Providence Medical Center on April 25, after a 31-day stay with COVID-19. After the Connally High School world history teacher spent 16 days on a ventilator, he was able to celebrate his one-year wedding anniversary last month. Jerry Larson, Tribune-Herald file photo
A half-century ago, a pioneer of what came to be called âchaos theoryâ asked an audience of scientists to ponder the unpredictable chains of events that can be set off by the smallest actions and alter weather and history.
âDoes the flap of a butterflyâs wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?â the mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked, inadvertently launching an image that would float out of academia into pop culture and provide a title for a forgettable 2004 thriller with Ashton Kutcher.