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And a big thumbs up to our BODs and management at HZM for their talent and hard work.
No share goes up in a straight line of course but it does seem like were finally off the blocks and running.
Hopefully we can keep up a steady pace now as its a marathon for those willing to hold for the big money at production.
Things are really starting to happen now and its hard to know just were it will end.
Take out at 25 to 30p ps early 2021
would be my dream scenario but im willing to hold out until production if thats what it takes for that kind of real life changing money.
I should add my thanks to all the great contributors here who give us the benefit of their wisdom and research, esp Wasarunner and our star ramper (only joking) djryan.
And as someone said..think it was Luke..
Lets get filthy rich!
Typical..nothing happening now im checking more often.
Not long to go now until the longstop date. Wouldnt be too surprised if it drags out a bit longer given the covid situation. Hopefully funders have or are still able to do their dd in the circumstances and we wont have anymore delays. Not long ones anyway. I would hope its wrapped up by end of year...lets see.
Still around and invested here but dont get as much time as i used to and the internet here leaves a bit to be desired.. Always busy with something or other here. Always a new challenge to face and working on the farm so often tired. Havent managed to retire fully yet. Maybe when my two main investments ,here and HZM pay off handsomely, its the life of luxury for me and the rest of us.
"We are not holding on to power but we are holding on to the stability of the country," said Ismail Wague, Mali Air Force's deputy chief of staff.
"With you, standing as one, we can restore this country to its former greatness," said Wague, announcing borders were closed and a curfew was going into effect from 9pm to 5am.
"This will allow us to organise within an agreed reasonable timeframe, general elections to equip Mali with strong institutions, which are able to better manage our everyday lives and restore confidence between the government and the governed."
Apologies not invested here but considering investing in POW. There seems to be a few opinions about A Bell and P Johnson. Saw PJ in an interview and came over quite well but need to do more research. Anyone here got an unbiased opinion of the two.
Ill take biased opinions also : )
Apologies if already posted.
https://blog.primerdesign.co.uk/want-to-know-more-about-novacyts-near-patient-testing-system/
Oh ok sorry it was in an rns 30th July.
Should start checking in here more often now that things could be hotting up.
Sorry dont know him. Can you give us a link to this info please?
https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/here-s-why-we-can-t-rush-covid-19-vaccine
As far as HZM goes, I expect there will be some effects from Covid that will slow things down a bit short term but hopefully not to a great extent and if the advances in poc testing tracking and tracing are fully implemented then we could be back to (new) normal quite quickly.
Hopefully if it takes of at airports that will be of great use to you Martin and will help to open up a big part of the world economy.
Hope you dont mind me giving my views on the covid situation.
We have to take all factors, negative or positive into account so its good to see its being discussed here.
I hold a covid testing stock, (NCYT) so I tend to keep a watch on developments relating to testing and vaccines, also because of personal interest of course...we all want this virus to go away, or at least be confined to the general flu colds season and be put to the back of our minds but its going to take longer than we might like to think.
The politicians of course would like us all to think everything will soon be fixed by a vaccine or herd immunity and everything will soon be back to normal but mostly are flying in the face of scientific opinion and evidence which suggests otherwise. Two of the worse unfortunately are Trump and Bolsanaro.
The situation as far as I can tell from listening to the science is that the first effective vaccines are likely to be at the start of next year and they will be weaker to start with for safety because vaccines are being rushed through and if not done properly can do more harm than good. It will be a few months into the year before stronger vaccines will be used. Many wont want to be Guinea Pigs and will refuse to take the vaccines until theyve been proven to be safe. Then theres the capacity problem. It will take a long time to build enough manufacturing capacity to make the billions of doses needed to treat everyone worldwide.
Also at the moment our antibody response to the virus only lasts for around three months, so repeated doses may be needed.
All sounds a bit negative I know but its the facts as known at this time, not political spin. A vaccine before year end and everything will be hunky dory is very very unlikely.
On the positive side, the testing is being improved all the time and we now have the highly accurate RT-PCR test (the gold standard) that can give results in a hour or less and is portable..no need to be sent to a lab.
This is going to revolutionise testing and is already being sold to "mining companies" among others and is being evaluated by airports, hospitals, care homes etc.
It can also now be used using saliva samples or mid nose swabs..not the uncomfortable 3 foot long swabs forced as deep as possible into the nose.
Proper testing tracking and tracing with isolation of infected individuals will be most important and very effective in workplaces and large organisations...if the politicians live up to their responsibilities.
Also new treatments are being developed to cut down the death rate in the more severe cases.
So lots being done apart from vaccines but I really hope they find one that can cure it as soon as possible. There are no guarantees though.
Thanks for that big mike.
Its been a long and often tedious wait for this rto..looking forward to some action soon and a bit of excitement. Hopefully a nice profit too.
GLA
Dont always have time to read all the posts here but noticed earlier that Becton Dickinson were mentioned as possibly having a link with us that was refuted.
Never heard of them and not sure exactly what they do but coincidentally they get a mention in Kaerens link.
If you click on...
Types of Diagnostic Tests
You get this...
Although a number of manufacturers are known to be developing antigen-based tests, to date only two have received an FDA EUA.12,13
13. Food and Drug Administration. Emergency use authorization to Becton, Dickinson and Company for BD Veritor System for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2. July 2, 2020(https://www.fda.gov/media/139752/download. opens in new tab).
Watched his latest interview with CNN. Hes heavily into research on vaccines and very knowledgeable on the subject, as most will know, and he was saying that the first covid 19 vaccines around the beginning of 2021 will be weak (im presuming for safety reasons, as not tested on general population) and likely to be less effective.
Its the later vaccines, that will come about 4 or 5 months later that will be more effective and even then they might have to be given 2 to 3 times to the elderly to be fully effective.
Not everyone will be willing to have it or able to afford it and theres still no guarantee that any vaccine will protect for more than a few months.
He was saying it will probably be well into (possibly the end of) 2022 before majority are vaccinated and that testing will be the most important tool we have, as well as new vaccines and other treatments to reduce the mortality rate.
Its a sad fact that covid is not likely to be going away for years (if ever) and we might just have to live with it, like we do with flu, always needing new vaccines as it mutates, plus the fear of new pandemics destroying the world economies that will accelerate a growing multi billion dollar industry in new and innovative tests to identify new diseases quickly and efficiently.
This is why im happy to hold quite a large investment here.
Im confident in the abilities of our management and our r&d boffins to keep coming up with goods and give us an edge on the competition.
We already have an advantage on other smaller companies in the sector and dont need to dominate, just to have a small piece of a very large pie to keep growing.
Only traders need fret about what the sp does short term. Those of us with stronger nerves and a bit of foresight of were the company is heading, and willing to hold for the medium to long term, will be the biggest gainers in my opinion.
For instance...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/wgxa.tv/amp/news/nation-world/senate-gop-outlines-105b-in-back-to-school-funding-with-strings-attached
$105b funding for getting back to school. Testing will be the key.
We could help them with that but the American news channels that I watch dont know we exist.
We really need to promote, promote, promote, our products, esp the new POC ones and get them into the American market.
Would be better still if we could sell directly rather than through distributors who have big mark ups that may put buyers off but probably not possible as we need to move fast in a fast moving market.
Anyone have a hotline to the Whitehouse?
Lets hope all is progressing well, as it should be and no further delays.