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Another reason could also be that it was a beautiful afternoon, the 3rd hottest on record in the UK (all three in the last year) and no one saw it.
I've only just signed in. I've been organising for visitors after staying up late and rising early (again) to see if we could see the NEOWISE comet. I've order aperol so I can make some refreshing drinks as we watch the tide come in and go out.

Far more likely for today though is that the cup final is on - the score is tied right now.

I hope everyone has a truly splendid Monday.

Hi Ruck, Like you, life since end March has seemed surreal at times. I've been fortunate to be in a place with spectacular scenery, though having to very careful. The local community Facebook group was great for keeping everyone informed. The self serve foodbank we set up is still going, along with small library of books and video near the post office.

The local cafe owner started doing a Plates for Mates on Tuesdays and Thursday evenings for £5 which were delivered by car.
It looked like at the end she had 50 meals or more when she dropped off mine. I'm hoping to get them signed up for the Eat Out to Help Out scheme running in August.

Son is headed Sunday and staying to celebrate another revolution around the sun for me. I expect we'll be watching the highlights of the game on Sunday as he'll be working tomorrow.

Stay safe all and enjoy the weekend LL

For me, this is a fantastic result for the week considering falls in the market elsewhere.

After a gorgeously hot day, the mist has rolled in to cool us off.

Have a lovely weekend all.

Thank you!

I listened in an took notes, but didn't ask any questions for the three other firms. RNS out for one of them this morning I believe. I have not checked to see if there has been any uplift in price from the news, though one speaker said they were considering a NASDAQ listing.

I believe slides will be made available, so it might be worth pinging Proactive with a request.

If you tweet it, I'll amplify..

Local MP https://twitter.com/ChiOnwurah has pushed the Government for timelines and answers.

Might try lobbying your own MPs (I use writetothem.com) Now that some of the trials are not showing as high a promise as oxford's PLUS the news that Germany's ZERO CV19 patient has no antibody immunity, there may be MPs who will be interested - IF (pause)

IF (big IF) we can explain it in a way which anyone without the benefit of this BB would grasp without thinking for more than 15 seconds.

My last chit chat with someone understands but simply forgot there was more to understand than what was reported: https://twitter.com/AlisonKMurray/status/1288819819731656711?s=20 (scroll up)

I have to admit I thought my broadband had gone down initially. Just out of a long meeting after the Proactive session which was pretty interesting. I believe they will be sending out the slides.

I've made some notes, etc for my own reference.

Enjoy it as much as you can.

Clouds here are only about 150 feet or so above the loch right now. I turned on the central heating here for an hour this morning to take the chill off standing outside to spot NEOWISE.

Daft lassie here with two off topic question

1. DE snippets and references have my interest. I've not got the long history to know where to look for these. I'd like read the entire post (or set of posts). Occasionally when I'm looking to procrastinate doing an important task, I feel the need to do an alias directory of people to all the BBs / twitter / real life.

2. Does anyone know if Scancell have considered tapping into the Future Fund facility from the Government? (It's been mentioned by another EIS/FF raising and I'm running number to decide how to invest.)

Thanks to all for helping me fill in the blanks in some of the scenarios which might play out. For me it is invaluable to have such great set of views to help inform decisions.

ATB LL

C7, I see you have been up early! I hope you managed to get some decent REM sleep.

Here the dawn started fairly clear, though I didn't spot the NEOWISE comet. I think I might have to rely on the others who have posted their pictures online.

As I type this, the rain has begun to fall. Think it is time for me to curl up for a few more hours. I'll catch up later on.

Link: https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/27/covid19-concerns-about-lasting-heart-damage/

“The fact that 78% of ‘recovered’ [patients] had evidence of ongoing heart involvement means that the heart is involved in a majority of patients, even if Covid-19 illness does not scream out with the classical heart symptoms, such as anginal chest pain,” she told STAT. She is a cardiologist at University Hospital Frankfurt. “In my view, the relatively clear onset of Covid-19 illness provides an opportunity to take proactive action and to look for heart involvement early.”

The other study, which analyzed autopsy results from 39 people who died early in the pandemic and whose average age was 85, found high levels of the virus in the hearts of 24 patients.

C7, Scancell's interview is delayed until 27 August, however there are three other companies speaking if you want to check out proactive's tweet links. https://twitter.com/proactive_UK

LOL - think you can read the tweets without joining Twitter, but just in case... https://event.webinarjam.com/register/502/ryy72s05

Unfortunately not last night nor this dawn as there were clouds to the north east of me. (Cat woke me at 3:30 to make sure I had a head start on the dawn. It was very considerate of him.)

I am hoping the clouds will clear long enough this week - it would be fantastic to see.

Ignore me - I've been out enjoying the sunshine all morning and supporting my local cafe, so didn't see the delay re scancell.

Also picked up some groceries from a neighbour down the way who has driven over from France - fabulous lemons from their garden, some saucisson and a couple of bottles of olive oil and some balsamic vinegar. I think it might be gin o'clock early this week.

I think IN said Do NOT take Vitamin D (I could be completely mis reading the conversation backwards though).

Tomorrow evening, 6pm form with proactive investment (?) - online free forum. CEO Cliff Holloway is speaking.

Good time for questions to be asked if they accept them.

LInk: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/half-of-mumbais-slum-residents-have-had-coronavirus-study-shows

My thinking about the relatively low death rates in the article below can be attributed at least in part to the their TB vaccination efforts (see https://www.path.org/articles/a-new-approach-to-battling-tb-in-mumbais-crowded-slums/) - anyone else have any thoughts?

Text from article:
India is already the third worst-hit country after the US and Brazil, with nearly 1.5 million cases though experts have previously said the lack of testing could mean the true tally is much higher.

Blood tests on 6,936 randomly selected people conducted by Mumbai's city authorities found that 57 per cent of slum-dwellers and 16 per cent of non-slum residents had virus antibodies.

Mumbai, where about 40 per cent of the population lives in slums, has reported just over 110,000 infections and more than 6,000 deaths so far.

The western city of 20 million people is home to India's largest slum Dharavi, where an estimated one million people live.

But deaths in the sprawling slum have not exploded, with local officials saying their aggressive efforts to stem the spread of the virus has been effective.

The survey results suggested asymptomatic infections were "likely to be a high proportion of all infections" and also indicated the virus death rate was likely to be "very low", the study said.

The Mumbai survey came a week after an antibody study commissioned by the government suggested that almost a quarter of people in the capital New Delhi, home to 20 million people, have had the virus.

I saw at least one there over 2 hours ago, but it disappeared. I've now taken a screenshot. Ending with Blues is good. ATB

Date Time Trade Prc Volume Buy/Sell Bid Ask Value
28-Jul-20 17:08:10 6.90 30,000 Buy* 6.70 7.10 2,070
28-Jul-20 15:52:46 7.00 204,605 Buy* 6.70 7.10 14.32k
28-Jul-20 15:51:24 7.10 200,000 Buy* 6.70 7.10 14.20k
28-Jul-20 16:29:48 7.09 2,159 Buy* 6.70 7.10 153.07
28-Jul-20 16:28:28 6.90 5,882 Buy* 6.70 7.10 405.86

I think you are in company with sleepless nights around the globe. I've tried to stay up/get up in time to see the comet for the whole month, but there has been cloud cover.

Re vaccines: over 200 in development, at least 12 in trials I believe.
Moderna started Phase 3 trials yesterday (30k patients). However I don't think they will have manufacturing / distribution sorted out (post Reg approvals) until well into 2021 from what I've read.

Also read a tweet this morning about AZ/Bion, but I got distracted.