Events of Today15 Jan 2021 02:22
I stand with Kaeren regarding the confirmation that the French are to carry out 1 million tests a month in Schools as being the absolute game changing news of the day.
This is fantastic news due to two primary reasons.
The French are effectively again endorsing PCR as the gold standard for these tests. This is 12 million more new PCR Test volume over the next year ON TOP of the current demand levels.
As far as I can recall, our tests fall under the French re-imbursement scheme so this can go one of two ways: -
a) we could be awarded a slice of government testing contract; it would be about time frankly or
b) we do not get awarded a slice but with the testing demand we pick up further private contract work because existing testing supply will be stretched due to the new extra load of testing a million children a month as it stands.
Win, Win
In addition to this we discover that additional mobile units in the UK are being rolled out, the LFTs are NOT going t be used and something else will be needed in its place.
Just imagine if our government follow the French. What if other countries follow suit? This further strengthens our outlook going forwards.
And finally, the cherry on the cake: USA to spend 50 billion on testing this year. 50 billion !!! our stateside network must pick some of that up, it cannot fail…
What a great news day, unexpected major positive developments external to everything else going on that we are awaiting updates on.
And it has not started getting interesting yet… onwards and upwards.
Porks