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Although I am sure that TTG does have a PR department, they are not really being as vociferous as they could. About 3 weeks ago, the company had a recruitment drive to hire 100 staff.
https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/apac/health-startup-medicircle-brings-ai-powered-rapid-covid-19-test-india
Article mentions Virolens as an afterthought so I guess that behind the scenes efforts are being made for non-intrusive testing with rapid results where mass screening is efficient - airports, sports centres, concerts etc. Just a matter of being patient I think. Heartening to see the SP continue to rise.
TrekMadone, TTG has many revenue streams. Virolens, if it is rolled out in volume will be very attractive. The SP is advancing as a result of its day to day business.
Thinking aloud, (and this is both opinion and conjecture) so forgive the typos and likely meandering "contribution", there are a few elephants in the room that might be a little distracting. The first is that for the time being the tests (in common use) that are relied on seem to be lateral flow tests, polymerase chain reaction and serology. The second elephant is that the vaccine rollout has extended to more than 60% of the adult population in the UK. The third elephant is that the tipping point for herd immunity is tantalisingly close.
With these in mind, It is not really surprising that the political desire is to begin to remove the impositions to liberty. However, vaccination does not prevent morbidity (rate of disease) but has a marked effect on mortality (death from disease).
I deeply hope that behind the scenes there is a WHO initiative represented at Government level to have a consistent and rapid screening process for international standards for medical approval to travel. So while it might be "offensive" for intrusive tests required prior to departure, it seems very sensible to me for a condition of travel is to provide full vaccination at the point of embarkation and subject to a low invasive test (Virolens for instance) at the point of entry. Candidates can be screened on arrival and marshalled to approved quarantine so that a more invasive test can confirm the result of screening.
This would give confidence to the traveller and although this does seem to smack of martial law, it is a whole lot better than the confused situation for the 4 nations of the UK so a nightmare for countries beyond our borders.
Although the UK has reached the point that seems to be pioneering lowering of guard, the populace of the UK and all those countries that are not on the "green list" are not sufficiently trusted to allow free movement. It will change. As an aside, my grandfather who was a Doctor was involved in setting up the Quarantine Board when he was seconded to the League of Nations. His speciality was tropical disease and much of his work was undertaken in Egypt and Alexandria.
Any news before the interims in August will be welcome. I like others have held patiently.
Would be nice to know what is going on with Virolens.
I must say if it wasn’t for the SP moving ahead under its own steam I would have given up but TTG has turned out to be a good recovery play.
Following the recruitment they must have kept supply lines open through Brexit, covid and Suez!
Trek
“On Monday, the Guardian revealed that a number of emails were copied into Bethell’s private email account. His address was copied into at least four official exchanges relating to a businessman who was attempting to get government contracts during the pandemic.
In April 2020, the businessman had approached his MP, Oliver Dowden, as he believed his firm’s testing kits were cheaper than those being bought by the government.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/29/uk-health-minister-used-private-emails-for-government-business-no-10-admits
The new health secretary has said he wants a return to normal ASAP. Clearly the best available testing methods would play a vital role towards meeting that objective.
Han**** has done the right thing at last. Now let's see what the new incumbent gets up to.
On both sides of the bed linen?
No idea - seems he has a finger in the cookie jar according to news emerging today
I wonder if the removal of the current health secretary would change the assessment of testing methods, i.e. whether their selection would be more merit-based as opposed to the financial rewards the selection offers?
Seems that Sky News has finger on pulse
https://news.sky.com/story/what-are-the-different-types-of-covid-19-tests-and-will-they-get-us-out-of-lockdown-12068081
Well, the last PR news as far as virolens is concerned was at the end of March. There was comment in directors talk a month ago, but these sort of interviews are subject to embargo and scrutiny.
It is heartening to note that the SP is holding up well. Perhaps things may get a little rough if silence continues
On a positive note, the longer it is before we get news, hopefully the better the news that will be!
What we do know is TT took on an extra 100 staff for these machines, I'm expecting the news to be very good! Patience is the name if the game...