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Thanks Mr Templar, (Saint 68). I'll try that later. ATB

Chester thanks for driving those recall posts this last week - a good effort M8 even though it may be unlikely, unfortunately, that too many potential new investors would be dropping in, just at that right time.

I have frequently thought how good it would be if LSE had a 'My File' function so that Posters could put such posts in a 'Library' for future reference. However, thats probably beyond the LSE 'powers that be', who have obscured my screen with these adverts. Shocking.

Thanks again and ATB

Yes Roses. 'Don't panic Mr Manwaring !' comes to mind - it's very early data days but very concerning, as you say.

Yes Roses. 12 cases in SE France - sounds difficult but very early days to assess it.
"'According to preliminary data from French researchers, the new B.640.2 is just as transmissible as the Delta but is causing more severe disease conditions. It is also possible that it is more immune evasive than the Delta considering that most of those infected and have been hospitalized were fully vaccinated and some already had booster shots. The fact that many are in severe conditions and almost all requiring hospitalizations is not a very positive indicator of things to come.'

'Overall, these observations show once again the unpredictability of the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants and their introduction from abroad, and they exemplify the difficulty to control such introduction and subsequent spread. They also warrant the implementation of genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 that we started from the very beginning of the pandemic in our geographical area as soon as we diagnosed the first SARS-CoV-2 infection [21] and that we expanded during summer 2020 [2,3]. This surveillance has been implemented at the country scale in 2021 through the French Emergen consortium (https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/dossiers/coronavirus-covid-19/consortium-emergen). It is too early to speculate on virological, epidemiological or clinical features of this IHU variant based on these 12 cases. For this purpose, respiratory samples from infected patients were inoculated on Vero E6 cells as previously described [22] to be able assessing the sensibility to neutralization by anti-spike antibodies elicited by vaccine immunization, or by prior infection [23].' "

Trying to post with 2 lines visible so hope it's OK - thanks to Marcus and Super there.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.24.21268174v1

Chippyjoe - do you have a link for that blocker please - I can only read 2 lines at a time and it's awful. Thanks and HNY to you and all.

The blockheads that run this Forum are daft to bring this in. Chat is down by 90% at least. Why not ask for GBP1 per month - a much better way to generate some income than this obscuring carp ! What a waste of Technology as my Dad would have said . ATB

Thank you Burble for all the insights since you arrived.
It's been a pleasure to follow your posts.
Happy New Year when it comes.

Thanks Matt for the upbeat views.
I'm wishing you, C11, C7, Roses (and anyone else still managing to read this now awful advert obscured L1), the very best possible Christmas AND the happiest possible New Year, with less stresses around than in the last two ! Perhaps Scancell will have some influence in limiting the future of the pandemic and some small influence on our own futures too !

Take care all. ATB.

For some days I've only been able to read a few lines at a time on LSE. Is that true for you too, (or have I missed a trick) ? ATB

Violin / Roses - straws in the wind IMHO. But as you I believe, 'Our day will come'.
ATB

Well said Roses - it seems to me BOJO is the only one worried.

BOJO it's good to look at what goes on around us and particularly to hear the views of others - thanks Bermuda, I was hoping to see your explanation and perspective.

DIOSynvax certainly achieved wide coverage in the media !

And the DT catches up : https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/14/first-needle-less-covid-vaccine-could-work-against-variants/

https://www.enterprise.cam.ac.uk/news/diosynvax-works-towards-vaccine-against-covid-19/

What triggered that Roses ? I'm looking forward to finding out more about DIOSynvax aren't you ?

https://www.enterprise.cam.ac.uk/news/diosynvax-works-towards-vaccine-against-covid-19/

Thanks Billy - also in the local media : https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/19782155.new-jab-free-vaccine-targeting-covid-19-variants-trialled-uk/

Thanks Johnny - the link did work for me AND there's a language changer for English, (with an American flag ! ). I couldn't find the Guardian piece on Page 4 of 'News' but I take your word for it. ATB

Thanks Dalester - "The Covigen vaccine is designed to deliver DNA instructions to teach the body's cells to make the COVID-19 spike proteins, the knobs that project from the surface of the virus, so the immune system can build a defence."

It's DNA, Pharmajet and 150 in the trial. No mention of the 'nucleosid' ?

Cheers Konar - good to see that again - (as WTP earlier). GLA

C11 - that's right. But maybe 'Covidity' will be too late for this variant ?
2 doses gives only scant protection from Omicron but the 3rd gives immunity a good boost I believe.

I'll be choosing a 3rd Pfizer myself which I assume will be a 3rd full dose. For Moderna the NHS website advises "Studies have shown that you only need a half dose of Moderna to boost the immune system well. This half dose of Moderna is expected to have low rate of side effects including myocarditis."

I'm sure NHS administered 3rd Moderna jabs will be in line with this but for those of us abroad, it's something to watch. ATB

WF - Trying to cheer us up ? Thanks ! I guess you're saying, 'no news is good news' Covidity wise atm, (more or less) ?

C11 - a news rich spell would be nice but it's only a couple of weeks since the AGM and the ProActive updates. Lately I saw a Poster taking the mickey out of C7 about watching the BB at 7 am daily. I do that too ! And why not ?

The Scancell pots have been simmering so long it's hard not to be impatient. "She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes" but it shouldn't be long now. ATB