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But you won't right...?

Does someone know something we dont yet know?

still rising....fingers crossed.

got a dummy sell of 171.22 a min or 2 ago.
No way Jose.

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IMO, Synairgen would be the commercially stronger of the 2, given it's previous AztraZen and Pharmaxis licensing deals. Track record etc.

JohnB, it goes you confidence in their pandemic-beating strategy, right? Wrong. Hard to believe they are so behind the curve here.

tHanks Ms_Nosaj. The MP's response looks to be a few months out of date, or, the MP ihas not ben following more recent developments and needs to catch up. SNG001 is already peer reviewed , lancet published, and multiple trials up and running currently, a big jump from where we were. Still, the positive tone expressed from a government official is to be cherished.

Fair enough Prof, I think some of your points are valid. Good to debate.

ProfSPD, it's nice to agree - that Kiss and Tell will make for a riveting read one day.
As you've spent so much time in hospital I'm very surprised tah you don't consider Covid-19 a deadly pathogen. 2% fatility rate is a general population figure. Sounds dandy, but introduce Covid to an ICU ward, a hospice or care home and you and I both now that figure is much, much higher. For those groups it is a serious risk and often deadly, right?
I never suggested testing 'on the doorstep'. Knocking on the door first, yes, it's just polite. I would expect a professional to come inside, masked, gloves and PPE donned and spend the 1-2 mins required to take a nasal swab in the comfort of a room in my house, a porch, or at best a hallway, probably not too much to ask, and a lot more convenient that having it done at the wheel of your car in a drive-in as many have endured. I don't really see any issue with this if sensitively and respectfully done.
I personally don't care what test they use, I quote PCR because that's the one I have knowledge of and it's the one you mentioned in your OP. If there's better more relaible tests, all the better.
I would summise that measures introduced from lockdowns to mask wearing, social distancing, enhanced personal hygiene and reduced travel have all contributed in decreasing the prevalence of influenza this Winer. I can't comment on other respiratory illnesses, but I can confirm that my asthma has improved marginally, which is great, and probably due to being able to avoid usual triggers in lockdown. Every cloud as a silver lining I guess.

lol, I a not pmjh I can assure you. Glad you are open to cutting them a bit of slack.

Yeah Prof I am sure. Obviously you havent considered the immuno-suppressed amongst us, what with cancer patients, OAPs, babies and the like, but don't let a couple of hundred thousand at risk souls stand in the way of your dodgy pandemic-denying data sources.

PCR test - I've had 2, can't see the drama personally, a couple of seconds of 'yuck' and you're done. My sister is an ENT consultant and I'm prettty sure she'd refer anyone to a trained GP or nurse to perform a nasal swab, such is the trust she places in educated and trained colleagues. They are well trained you know. Some even have trained for 10 years in Med school. Please give them some credit. GP's deliver babies anywhere and perform vasectomies in theor offices nowadays, did you know?
I don't consider a Knock on the door 'invastive behvior', no. Do you?
I'm glad you see the value in your investment. Don't think for a second though that scientific advancement doesnt come without some form of personal sacrifice. Be grateful for the many people who have made SNG001 the investment you see before you -none were unwilling to cough up some sputum or have a swab shoved up their nose or needles poked in their arms. They did and continue to do it for the greater good, and thank goodness they do. Not a thought to 'impostitions enforced not necessary'. They just get on with it Prof.

I Know Parsley, it's tedious, but look we wll know there are periods of SP drift ahead, it's the same for any company in smilar stage. They can't pull stuff out of a hat like a magician on cue. They're only human, it is what it is.As long as we believe in what's ahead - each to their own but I do - then remember that it's 14+ people doing all the hiring, training recruiting, trialling, manging, negotiating, fire fighting and publicising. They may not always be on time, but they do deliver!

so...immentently, Doc? :-)

Parsley, if they didn't RNS it people would be moaning that they didn't RNS it! Even the RNS prior to that spells out the complexities involved - "We are extremely grateful to the team of healthcare workers, pharmacists and logistics providers who have worked tirelessly to deliver this trial which is a further example of great British science, attracting interest from academia and governments around the world.". They are working flat out with multiple streams and deliverables across multiple timezones, for the most part virtually. Cut them some slack and keep the faith, it'll be worth it, i'm sure.

JJess, Hargreaves Landsdown does one - though I don't have one I know friends who do, they seem happy with it.

ProfSD, I think you need to man up. Mandatory testing in a small cluster of people is a public health imperative in the crisis we find ourselves in, hardly 'facism' by any stretch of the imagination. I know not of many cases where people have suffered serious injury from having a swab up their nose by a medically trained professional, do you? Yes it may smart, it may bring water to the eyes, it may leave one with a recoiling sence of 'yuck'....but according to all available data it doesn't cause fatality. Unlike too much cocaine shoved up your nose. Or droplets of Covid-19 infecting your airways. A small price to pay for the convenience of halting a deadly pathogen I would argue.

Doc, they're not even making it mandatory to be tested with this door to door mularkey, from what i've read on the Surrey gov forum it's a polite request more than anything. The mind boggles. They've also given Egham residents a week's notice before they are approached door to door. Like anyone is going to stay put knowing the officials are going be coming around with swabs to stick up noses. .. Incompetence and blithering come to mind..... Surely it should be mandatory? Handjob and his world-beating approach to testing.

Thanks John.

May have already been posted here, if not well worth a read:

https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2021/01/14/with-vaccine-roll-outs-underway-what-does-the-future-hold-for-covid-19-treatment/