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Prefer a filled to the brim 'Club' myself - no turkey, farmyard rooster.

Again my gut feel is that Dr. Stephen Kidd used his connection with NCYT (he trusted NCYT enough to work with them independently at NHS Basingstoke) to ask if he could use their test as a benchmark against the Optigene test. NCYT I believe did not see the LAMP test as a threat to their own qPCR test and allowed the work to happen without direct involvement. NCYT did this as a 'thank you' to Dr Stephen Kidd for his faith in them and if there was another test that could help with this pandemic then great for the global population. Then again maybe business isn't so idealistic ...

I don't believe there was any 'formal' collaboration between NCYT and Optigene. Dr Stephen Kidd introduced NCYT tests at the Basingstoke Hospital ahead of any PHE involvement to understand the workflow around the test (the activities that actually take most of the time in the NHS 24/48 hr turnaround). Dr. Stephen Kidd worked with Optigene on their test again at the Basingstoke Hospital - he is the link between NCYT and Optigene - probably said lets test yours (LAMP) against one we know is proven and accurate (qPCR). The hope being to create a just as accurate test but within a shorter end-to-end time and with a less invasive sampling procedure.

I believe the NCYT tests were provided to Optigene so they could validate their test against 'a gold standard' for sensitivity and accuracy.

Its private company.

What’s the connection here with Citigroup (the US Bank)?

Really do think the company needs to provide some type of press release (or equivalent - maybe smooth operator Paul Eros can do the rounds or at the very least a video blog) outside of an RNS providing context and implications from announcements. It needs a bit of ‘story telling’ as we would say in the Comms world ...

Both have their place - Telegram group delivers great consistent critical thinking and LSE now serves up light entertainment ...

Oh dear that bastion of quality reporting - ‘The Daily Mail’. Let’s take another look ...

“An antigen test detects the presence (or absence) of an antigen, not antibodies. An antigen is a structure within a virus that triggers the immune system's response to fight off the infection. It can be detected in blood before antibodies are made.”

“An antigen test is effective because it can take a few days for the immune system to build enough antibodies to be detected in a test, however, antigens can be detected almost immediately after infection. So, in theory, the test can tell much sooner whether someone has the virus.”

If you have had the disease and recovered and produced antibodies (it’s not clear yet if everyone creates antibodies or even gets infected but is still a carrier). The upshot is BOTH tests are needed unless you are pursuing a ‘herd immunity’ strategy in which case you’d only use the antibody test as you want all to be infected eventually (if no vaccine is available).

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/17/what-coronavirus-antibody-tests-home-buy/

Breakout the Harewood 1780 Tilly!!

Just waiting for the big 'un now ... steady as she goes ...

Trinidad discovered its first oil in 1901 ...

https://thegstt.org/history/petro

Telegram share groups much better - only pop in to LSE for entertainment now ...

@herbie53 - online platforms are the new ‘boiler rooms’, buyer beware is the order of the day.

Hello Richard, great to have you here ...

Well just look at supermarkets - orderly queuing going in and then once inside it’s a free for all and then orderly as you leave. Yes it’s all fine - look everyone is ... orderly ...

https://oxfordbusinessgroup.com/overview/firing-new-oil-and-gas-discoveries-and-increased-investment-support-recovery-hydrocarbons-industry

Apologies if this has been posted before ...

Yup typically quarterly in the US ...

It’s more than likely that we can only release US numbers at the same time as the OEM releases their numbers - so the next US reporting period.

“ While a new administration is likely to reexamine agreements put in place by its predecessor, there is no indication that efforts will be made to alter them in a material way, although it can be expected that future oil contracts will see significant changes in their terms.”

https://oilnow.gy/featured/recount-shows-guyana-opposition-secured-majority-of-votes-in-elections/