The latest Investing Matters Podcast episode featuring Jeremy Skillington, CEO of Poolbeg Pharma has just been released. Listen here.
Yes Kaeren,pretty stupid now that the war is "ending" and markets went nuts for a bit ,of course it won't,just like this new varient,that won't end either.It was 120 years ago or so when "influenza" came to our attention and promoted no less than 5 pandemics worldwide.The world is a lot narrower now due to frequent air travel,so pandemics could become a feature to look forward to every 2/3 years,blimy!
Flu is approaching death figures each year which well match those attributable to co19, thank goodness Nova have a test,the symptoms of co19 match too.
I recently postulated that surgerys seriously consider buying a Q16 and kitting out a vented cupboard etc,nurses are on the up, the ones I meet are becoming highly skilled and the technical skills involved are not difficult.Looking back I recall the ch4 documentary on the testing machines dropping snotters all over the place!
A singular machine with a small bank of tests plus the opportunity to use hundreds of others that Nova make,opportunity knocks!
Every trade is recorded by mm's,they automatically avoid selling at a loss and may, during high demand,simply run out of stock,unless the stock is being heavily barge poled they always make a profit on the spread.That's how it works.
Sharestack,interesting article from the BMJ.The scientific community warned of this recombination phenomenon,in fact it is exactly how vaccine defences are constructed.Previous experience with the influenza adenovirus shows the evidence for this as new combinations are developed every year or so.
We hear that Pfizer are working on a new booster to deal with these new "deltacron" varients,this is seriously some question for them,which varient for example?.
This coronavirus is now generally accepted as being "created in a lab" with a genetic trace only found in humans (I believe a common string of 24 or so base pairs in the RNA of the covid19 virus).The "coincidental" appearance of this string in research documents published by Moderna points to this hypothesis.
At least now there is more discussion and information around,gp's talk now of treatments but deliberate when it comes to treating younger people,quoting only the "vulnerable".
The long term effects of this virus are obviously unknown as yet,I suspect brain disorders,fatigue and other common ailments but don't forget the major causes of death are
High BP,Smoking,Obesity,Diabetes,Air pollution etc,luckily Alcohol is number 10 on the list!
Stuck in 100k cash in NCYT, you o ly have to wonder why not at £1.40?
I'll tell you why sonicboom,any ceo buying at the bottom tells the market "I'm getting out,before it's too late"
Remind me now,didn't the government spend upwards of £37billion on "track and trace"?
Didn't they spend millions on chinese tests and useless ppe?
They talk of community testing eg in care homes,afterall India is streets ahead in planning for widespread "local diagnostics"
Amazing to me that these machines are reasonably priced and users can be easily trained to use them and I understand they can be iphone compatible,coprep has simplified the pcr test itself.
Most gp surgeries could easily adapt a "sterile room" and do their own tests for cancer/covid/flu etc.I used to work in a radioimmunoassay department and an expenditure like this is nothing in comparison.
Buying IT-IS was a masterstroke imho,the development of machines like this will continue and hopefully the boss sees this.The link between biochemistry and electronics is fascinating.
Information is NOT RAMPING.
strange pattern this
18-Mar-22 11:18:48 206.00 45 Sell* 206.00 210.60 92.70 A
18-Mar-22 11:18:48 206.00 455 Sell* 206.00 210.60 937.30 A
18-Mar-22 11:18:48 206.00 45 Sell* 206.00 210.60 92.70 A
18-Mar-22 11:18:48 206.10 455 Sell* 206.10 210.60 937.76 A
18-Mar-22 11:14:23 206.10 45 Sell* 206.10 210.70 92.75 A
18-Mar-22 11:14:23 206.20 455
As long as you are vaccinated and have a spare £99
Cases in Scotland have doubled in three weeks,this varient has a reproduction ratio approaching 10, it's hardly "over". In fact most of my immediate family have tested positive, they are cautious and vaccinated yet still off work and school.
The long term effects of this virus (of which 2.5 million cases in the uk) are known to cause immuno-vascular and neurological damage and a reduction of kidney function.These are serious issues when it is estimated that 18m people worldwide have died from covid related causes and 9000 in the uk are currently in hospital as a direct result of covid infection.
They are not "bed blocking" as over 6m are awaiting treatment in the nhs, it is a serious issue.
There are no signs that this government is taking this seriously when Javid announces his 4P plan (prevention,personalisation,performance and people) which is meaningless drivel not action.Herd immunity may well be the goal but good health is more important,meanwhile 800 medical graduates have no job in the nhs and we are spending £6billion a year on locums,I rest my case.
only profit
where did you see that?
Bitcoins at £30k (their present SP),are generated using electricity (mostly from coal and gas) at a cost of around £13k which over 13 yrs is equivalent what we are presently paying via exhorbitant rates for the average "consumer" PER ANNUM.Obviously this is unsustainable as energy consumption is upon which our economy depends and this hot air, called the "green economy", is hogwash.The chinese filled football stadiums with bitcoin generators and now we are told there is a massive outbreak of something there, we assume to be yet another deadly virus.What a surprise, another attempt at population dynamics?
This war is evil,no doubt about that, but it looks to me like India is building a firewall,TaTa big pharma,hello health, the new reality,let's hope so.
Meanwhile, if you are behind or lost money,then hold your fire and think of the refugees.
"Crypto could end up being an electronic version of the Ruble. No thanks personally."
Agree brent,do I guess this right?
Their is one hell of a sqeeze going on vis a vis sanctions and threats against the money launderers,meanwhile russia holds it's assets in us dollar bonds which thanks to the decline in value of the ruble and has little choice but to bank with the chinese and hence crypto (down 3% today).(
Well said drb,it's quite a sign that on friday approx 3% of all issued shares were traded,small investors like me have just been asleep recently,although with funds to find at this difficult time? many have quit and no doubt many have had to when funds do better elsewhere eg oil.
Small trades have dominated the scenario and traders are happy,see a profit? take it is the mantra.The biosynex synergy is now in the public domain and obviously an influence on the market,it's a good fit.
Good luck all
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At this rate so will be at 280 in a week!
Funny old game, the AIM GAME,mm's and traders now seem to be caught in a feeding frenzy no doubt caused by the increased awareness of the testing issues and growing cases world wide.
Buys outnumber sells this am by 2 to 1,this is in clear contrast to previous trading patterns where the opposite has been the norm,sometimes by factors of 4/5.Clearly a lot of so called lth's have sold up through lack of patience.Those city sleuths love it when they do.££££££££
Yes,just read that dm article,add4u.The use of the word "mild" is not my experience, these symptoms are causing great distress,"don't panic mr wainwearing"!
A large number of my family are now confirmed,pcr tested,cases and are suffering symptoms like headache,runny nose,sore throat and what seems like unsurmountable fatigue,this varient is spreading fast and being at an indoor concert tonight,crammed like sardines,very few wearing masks etc.
Nobody really cares anymore,all the staff wore masks as if everybody else is infectious and we are not running that risk.The topic now is putin,testing has to continue for the foreseeable future even at this "mini measure" of 40,000 cases a day ,we are in dark times but there is music.
I totally agree with you, the vultures are out,shorting etc and those that contribute seem under fire to prove or substantiate their investment, for sure, now ,most lth's will continue to wait for a recovery,we've become long covid.