Roundtable Discussion; The Future of Mineral Sands. Watch the video here.
Yep. And 11 months ago we were going to have a three week lockdown and be done with it. And then Christmas was going to be back to normal. And now we’re finally understanding that to get out of this mess we need baby steps with a 5 week pause in between. And even then there’s to be no international travel and when that finally does come back it’ll be so restrictive with a spotlight on everyone who’s come back into the country.
And all this without testing? Of course not. Escape mutations will be treated like the Covid-19 1.0. Over the course of several years, northern / Southern Hemisphere winters and many vaccine iterations along the way, it will eventually burn out as we gain herd immunity. Some predications suggest that’s 7 years away even with vaccines. Truly frightening stuff.
But the optimist in me says we’ll get back to some semblance of normality with regular vaccine boosters and a thorough testing programme that surges in winter. Avacta are finalising their LFT 1.0 and already looking at the second iteration. Only a couple of hurdles left and we’re manufacturing at scale with almost unlimited demand. Not long now...
Yep. That’s what I thought at the weekend. There wasn’t enough new information to warrant an official release. So to speak. Merely reporting what we already ‘knew’ albeit with some tasty new titbits.
And in the spirit of having 20-20 hindsight, I also wish to point out that I said so and feel vindicated.
Carry on...
Euphorbia is really nasty stuff. Always take precautions when handling or working near it. And always wear gloves and eye protection if trimming it.
Covid-19 is really nasty too. Always take precautions when leaving the house or around others. And always carry a mask and hand sanitizer if our and about.
Euphoria is the state all AVCT holders will find themselves in when positive clinical trial results arrive and news of Govt / multi national contracts
You have been warned
IMHO there was no information of great significance in the various press releases this weekend. Let’s just reiterate the facts:
- LFT Mass testing is a government strategy
- Avacta have seen ‘excellent’ initial results from initial test of our AN test
- We have manufacturing agreements with several / all of the UK LFT manufacturers
- We are on the cusp oF CE marking to sell the test in Europe
We must be close, but until confirmed, the Govt won’t make anything official...
It’s not a mess at all! The board clearly felt they had to respond to the weekend publicity - which was entirely out of its hands. As for the processes in Porton Down, none of us know exactly what has happened. We should neither be disheartened about talk of failure of one version of our test(s) or assume that it’s a done deal. This is standard product development, but initial ‘excellent’ results are very promising.
Let’s be quietly confident that we have the IP and manufacturing partnerships [in conjunction with Govt strategy] to make this test a resounding success. Merely one part of the business let’s not forget.
Spiked samples have been part of the Porton Down process since they released info on the testing criteria. It’s all out there in the public domain and comes as no surprise to the LTHs here!
What’s happens when you have parts of the world unvaccinated and an escape mutation occurs that renders vaccines 50% effective, or less? Do we lockdown again and wait for the updated vaccine? Borders close again, international travel stops, etc. Or do we keep calm, carry on, and test test test?
I think we’d all prefer this virus to be eradicated forever or at least be rendered so ineffective that mass testing is no longer required. I just can’t see that happening without the world being vaccinated. That’s years away without worrying about escape mutations.
I don’t know what it is, or what it will be... but I can feel something in the air tonight
https://youtu.be/YkADj0TPrJA
Reuters: Americans may still need masks to fight COVID in 2022, Fauci says.
Asked if Americans should expect to still be wearing masks into next year, Fauci said: “I think it is possible that that’s the case,” adding that it depended on the level of the virus in communities and potential virus variants.
“Obviously, I think we are going to have a significant degree of normality beyond the terrible burden that all of us have been through over the last year,” Fauci said.
In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press”, Fauci said it was too soon to pinpoint when the United States might reach herd immunity.
“We want to get that baseline really, really, really low before we start thinking that we’re out of the woods.”
He told “Fox News Sunday” that whether people in the United States will later need a booster shot depends on the path the South African variant takes.
While the currently available vaccines appear protective against the UK variant that has appeared across the country, they are less protective against the South African one, which so far is not dominant, he said.
“If in fact this becomes more dominant, we may have to get a version of the vaccine that is directed specifically against the South African isolate,” Fauci told Fox, saying studies were already underway.
Ahhh. This thread reminds me of one of Eddie Hearns greatest quotes:
https://youtu.be/uXp0SbTV7mk