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Thanks Bobbust for explaining that. No problem . . .

With so many waiting for, quote, 'dreams to fly', normal levity can be a problem.

I wish it were true though. Maybe it is . . . . . . ATB

Chester. I agree Bobbust's posts are usually spot on. But, this is presented as a statement, not as a rumour i.e. "Those close to the ground are hearing that Modi 1 is working." I'm just asking if there is any basis for 14.39 or if Bobbust is just having some fun, (i.e. a joke) or whatever else. Whilst all things are possible, I'd like to know.

WTP - thanks. But that Inan statement is about no negatives rather than a positive ? ATB

Thanks WTP. Sorry but what was this - " Perhaps the point inanaco made is related ?" ATB

Bobbust, myself I'm sure you are just joking - but 'careless talk costs . . . . '. Someone may read that and assume you have some evidence. OR is your comment actually based on something ? I'm interested . . . . ATB

GF with respect I don't think Ruck has a 'tag team'. ATB

Drew - I thought of that possibility but seem to remember it was suggested that these were new roles relating to the trials progress. I don't think that 'most' recruitments would be to replace leavers. We see each year the headcount is increasing.
All IMHO no more.

Hi GF - I had to unfilter Ruck to see what happened there ! Maybe you over reacted ? On subject I commented earlier that it's nice to see activity on the recruitment front but that IMO it's hard to draw conclusions.

Hi WTP - hard to draw any conclusions IMO, from what is probably an ongoing recruitment process as trials/projects progress. But it's good to see activity nonetheless !

Yes Bermuda. 'Same' was in inverted commas and as I said, it's in the details - one includes 'England' and the other includes 'Science Park'. As you say 'housekeeping' and as I say, 'never mind'. Let's hope they have it right now - or will the revised address have to be altered again to include 'England' ? GN

Thanks Bermuda. 'Changing' from one address to the other which was the 'same', seemed odd. I said 'nevermind' and indeed, as you say, it's probably just housekeeping. Or in the details. ATB

Yes WTP - that's as I read it. Perplexing ! Don't get it - never mind . . . . .

More on this in my 'Inbox' today . . . ""In the coming days, people in the United States and the United Kingdom will be among the first to receive a new breed of COVID-19 vaccine. The hope was that these updated vaccines — based on Omicron variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus — would offer substantially greater protection than older vaccines based on the strain of the virus that emerged in 2019. But an analysis1 suggests that updated boosters offer much the same level of protection as an extra dose of the older vaccines does — particularly when it comes to keeping people out of hospital. The study was posted to the medRxiv preprint server on 26 August and has not been peer reviewed.

“This is not some kind of super-shield against infection compared to what you could have got two weeks ago or a month ago,” says John Moore, a vaccine scientist at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City who was not involved in the modelling study. US and UK regulators should have taken the potential effectiveness of updated vaccines into account before authorizing them, Moore argues.""

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02806-5?

Noting that this report has not been 'peer reviewed', nevertheless, IMHO a massive opportunity still exists for a 'Universal' Covid vaccine.

An improved vaccine for Covid but still a massive opportunity for a 'Universal' vaccine :-

"As expected, the FDA has moved quickly to grant emergency use authorisation (EUA) to two new-generation COVID-19 mRNA vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, both targeting the new Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. The US regulator has cleared a 30 µg booster dose of a new version of Pfizer’s Comirnaty shot – 15 µg encoding the spike protein of the original wild-type SARS-CoV-2 strain and 15-µg of mRNA coding for Omicron BA.4/BA.5 – for people aged 12 and over.

Moderna’s updated Spikevax shot includes 25 µg of spike protein mRNA from BA.4/BA.5 and 25 µg from the original strain of SARS-CoV-2, and has been authorised for the over-18s. It has also been cleared in the UK."

https://pharmaphorum.com/news/fda-clears-bivalent-omicron-shots-from-pfizer-moderna/

Thanks Bermuda / Burble for a fascinating and exciting read. GLA

Well done Violin. I had 23,000 myself a few weeks ago. ATB

Well spotted Ciaskin - I guess that must mean he's moved on . . . . I wonder why ?

Thanks Oddmoney - this was discussed a few days ago actually. But I'd be surprised if AZ would not be interested in a strong Covid vaccine prospect in the event one arises, their current offering having been widely sidelined. Even though their Covid project was purportedly 'non-profit', maybe they'd like to try again and make some money ! ATB

Cleaner thanks for all that on my heroine, KB. If you have time, this IS worth a watch. https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-11-24-another-war-coming-kate-bingham-dbe-delivers-romanes-lecture

I would personally do 10 cartwheels if she joined the Scancell BoD as a Non-Exec !!

Miavoce - yes that IS very interesting. You move in m(omen)tous circles. Whilst I am personally exhausted by many years of 'expectation', the signs for the arrival of good news do seem to be aligning at last ! ATB

Johnny great find ! Violin - odd indeed . . . I've no idea as to whether this has any significance at all but questions remain. And as we are close to entering the 3rd month of Q3 it'd be nice if some news came around the corner.

I'll pop this over there and see if any ideas emerge . . . thanks both and nice weeked.