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Well you’ll enjoy this Russell https://youtu.be/FaJpP4Ztp1g

Under ‘Operation Rampdown’ Free LFTs to be scrapped by JULY!
(Must have been a mega order from China before Christmas - six months worth of tests that don’t detect Omicron properly and don’t work on kids properly!)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10417989/Free-lateral-flow-Covid-tests-scrapped-JULY-No10s-Operation-Rampdown.html

But he did encourage the continuation of 'good behaviours' such as hand-washing, ventilation and testing.

After his PMQ performance this morning David Davis has said "In the name of God, Go." Expectation is that there will be sufficient letters delivered to 1922 Committee to prompt a leadership contest. Who next, I wonder?
Meanwhile he has just given a Covid statement.
(Absolutely nausiating hearing him talking about how they invested early and big in Lateral Flow Tests!)
- Plan B ends
- WFH ends
- No mask wearing from tomorrow

Quite surprised how quiet it is on here given that there’s already been quite a buying spate this morning.

I haven’t been here long, but I have noticed that the price seems to tick up in the afternoon when the Yanks come on board. I suspect they see the bigger picture more clearly than us with all our talk of Plan B ending and Covid being endemic.

Roundhowe, I was questioning MrA’s interpretation rather than the performance of affimers.

“Cost, chemistry, reliability, stability, accuracy, surety of supply.” These we’re all supposed to be key sales features of the Affimer platform.

On the other hand, less chance of the Chinese getting their hands on the affimer IP.

I expect that CK has been up against exactly the same obstacles as AS - corrupt and China kowtowing Gov. I wonder whether he will speak out about it now?

They haven’t actually mentioned use of affimers for some time. If we have been dropped, it’s another revenue stream closed and another piece of bad news that AS has neglected to mention.

Dr. Sankar Swaminathan, who voted against recommendation, said more research was needed on how the drug will affect human DNA and the potential for it to cause birth defects.
“The risk of widespread effects on potential birth defects, especially delayed effects on the male, have not been adequately studied,” Swaminathan said.

Dr. James Hildreth expressed concerns with mutant variants escaping, telling the panel:
“Even if the probability is very low, 1 in 10,000 or 100,000, that this drug would induce an escape mutant from which the vaccines we have do not cover, that could be catastrophic for the whole world actually.”
Molnupiravir was already approved in the UK even as similar concerns were expressed.

Potentially catastrophic for the whole world. Let that sink in. Whatever happened to the cautionary principle?

Now that they are rolling out the new Merck antiviral drug - which inexplicably contains a powerful mutagen - we are almost certaIn to see new variants. Just read what the FDA panelist’s had to say about it during the EUA discussions.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/molnupiravir-effective-against-omicron-fda-panel-recommends-merck-covid-pill-despite-more-questions-than-answers/5763351

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10411103/Covid-lateral-flow-tests-dont-work-children.html
A new study suggests that commonly used lateral flow tests fail to meet UK regulator standards when used on children. The analysis of available data found that even in children with Covid symptoms, the test kits only detected 72 per cent of cases, 8 percentage points lower than the UK regulator's minimum accuracy standards

https://twitter.com/mikegalsworthy/status/1483437438227914760?s=21

I suspect that U.K. Gov is busier trying to bury turds than the proverbial cat that you mentioned earlier.

Funny, but…

“Firstly the covid case number is beginning to drop.” Well knock me down with a feather, who would have expected that when the world supply of LFTs suddenly dried up? Nothing here happens by accident.

Indeed, where IS Timster? (He’s my favourite.)

After missing today’s RNS, can only assume that Sujood has retired his crystal ball!

Seems we also got a ramp from Tillywhiz over on EUA who is an influencer of Kardashian proportions on LSE.