Over the past couple of weeks, we have seen:
- Joe Biden elected as the 46th United States President.
- Political stability returning to the US, with President Donald Trump (in spite of his various legal challenges against the outcome of the US election) gradually taking steps towards the process of transferring power to Joe Biden.
- Multiple companies announcing the results of their COVID-19 Phase 3 vaccine trials, with, efficacies of greater than 95%. These companies include Oxford University-AstraZeneca, Moderna and Pfizer & BioNTech.