104. Could we have a vaccine before Christmas?

Could we have a vaccine before Christmas? Is this the final stage of the COVID turndown? Are companies and consumers better prepared for lockdown 2.0? After all the doom and gloom and recent months, Giles Rothbarth, co-manager of BlackRock European Dynamic, gives us hope: “Never has so much human capital and effort been focused on solving just one problem,” he said. “We have five shots on goal between now and Christmas with an 80% chance of hitting the back of the net.”