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“You folks sure cook a mean pice of cod up here, and that lady from the Post was so nice”.....”OK Matt, now you see this piece of paper.......Just sign here........100 million a month was it?”.....”That will do nicely Sir Al, thank you”

“So Matt, you like our partners LFD test?” ......”Yes Sir Al”.......” But of course you know we have a better one at Avacta and millions in a warehouse ready in Weatherby”.....”Yes Sir Al, you and your team are geniuses” .....”Well come with Boris and have fish and chips with me, I have the Yorkshire post on standby” .......” Ok Sir Al, but what are mushy peas and scraps?” .....”Ask Boris”

So the Mologic test is Avactas Trojan Horse?

From June 13 2016
The non-exclusive collaboration with Mologic will focus on the development of novel Affimer-based diagnostic assays and the subsequent development of new lateral flow devices (LFDs) as POC diagnostics for human healthcare. Both companies will share in the future revenues from the commercialisation of the marketed diagnostics.

Good point. They have probably been underwhelmed with response to £150 a test and need something cheaper. Do we have any links into Condor. Where is Ophidan when we need him?

PAHOO. That is very true, but my fear is we are dealing with Matt Handjob who is well on the back foot along with that other idiot Schnapps. They are not the most logical people who think clearly despite the good advice around them I am not deramping....I am up to my neck in Avacta and believe in the team. I despair of the kids in government

Avacta are being trialled in hospitals? Anyone know anything? Anything through Condor site?

The market is not looking at Avacta long term at the moment.. It’s all about covid tests

And that we are ready to manufacture in bulk......or better still...have already huge stocks for immediate roll out

Will do his usual kneejerk reaction to this and order millions....like he did with the Chinese. Sir Al needs to convince them ours is better and cheaper. Maybe Condor will do this for him and hold Handjob back. But timing with schools etc is pushing govt to act fast. Al needs to put something out....FAST

Going to install the 10 second kit? NO!
Avacta will get the government off the hook with schools, GP surgeries, public sector and civil service employees who are dragging their feet now aided by the unions.........TAKE THE AVACTA TEST AND GET BACK TO WORK......NO EXCUSES ANY MORE!

Extract
However, the cost and the delay in getting results - up to 48 hours - could hamper a wider roll-out. The airport is therefore working with Oxford and Manchester under the aegis of the Government’s CONDOR test scheme to trial three new types of fast tests that could cost a fifth of the price.

One is a throat swab which produces results in 30 minutes, a second is a saliva based test similar in style to a pregnancy test which comes back in 10 minutes and the third is a holographic microscope test pioneered for ebola which can produce results in as little as 20 seconds.

Some 250 Heathrow workers participated in the trial under which they took the tests which are likely to cost as little as £30, alongside a PCR test to evaluate accuracy. The results are now being evaluated by the universities before being passed to the Government.

Are we one of the three?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/28/twenty-second-covid-tests-trialled-heathrow-bid-unlock-travel/

“Room temperature storage” useless. I can see just boxes of them left out in the sun in Africa

“Moon Shot”..........give me strength!

First part of article
Up to four million people could be tested every day for coronavirus by early next year under ambitious plans to further ease restrictions and boost the economy, the Telegraph understands.

Matt Han****, the Health Secretary, has contracted Deloitte as consultants to help develop a mass testing regime that would identify asymptomatic carriers of the coronavirus, most of whom are currently missed by the current test and tracing.

Such mass testing would allow ministers to see exactly where outbreaks are and stop infected people unknowingly spreading it.

Mr Han**** also sees it as a critical to easing remaining restrictions on businesses and meeting family and friends.

“It is at an embryonic stage and it’s going to take a hell of a lot of work. It is nicknamed ‘Operation Moon Shot’ because that is what a moon shot is like: it seems very hard but it’s important and we want to land it,” said a source.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is looking at alternatives methods that could provide faster, cheaper and more easily administered tests.

These include a rapid test that can return results in just 20 minutes, a test based on saliva, and DNA “nudgebox” machines, 5,000 of which are to be rolled out across hospitals in the UK to analyse DNA in nose swabs and produce results in 90 minutes.

We are continuing to assess the feasibility of these pilots, as rolling out mass testing is an incredibly important project across government right now,” said a source.

Officials are also investigating what incentives could be introduced to encourage those who have not got symptoms to come forward to be tested.

Research by Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that up to 72 per cent of people who tested positive for coronavirus did not have symptoms. The group did not report symptoms at the time of a swab test for Covid-19, according to the ONS.

A system capable of testing millions of people each day is unlikely to be ready before early next year, meaning it would not be available in the event of the anticipated second wave of Covid-19.

Ah, but their analysis takes no account of a unique and valuable company perk afforded Sir A......... his lifetime pass to the Weatherby Whaler.......see you there at £10 next year.

We will soon know if it is a LFT test. But can Hanc*ck afford to wait another 4 weeks?

Just posted a comment on this article.....with a link to Avacta website news page