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Headline Irish news today...
Pertinent points from the below:
- Current trials in showing ‘statistically significant’ results in 3 different Covid wards.
- field trials with front line workers in 8 weeks time
- deals with manufacturers in China in the pipeline
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Headline Irish news today...
Pertinent points from the below:
- Current trials in showing ‘statistically significant’ results in 3 different Covid wards.
- field trials with front line workers in 8 weeks time
- deals with manufacturers in China in the pipeline
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Some maths on the testing, using an easily relatable concept - Premier League Football Clubs.
Assuming current rapid tests cost c. £100. On average 1700 staff & players are tested per week. Cost of testing for the next 40 weeks - £6.8m
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Assuming current rapid tests cost c. £100. On average 1700 staff & players are tested per week. Cost of testing for the next 40 weeks - £6.8m
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#DVRG Solution - 1700 #MicrotoxBT - £136,000
8 packs of replaceable chips per person - £136,000
1 scanning unit per team (20) at £30k per scanning unit ( @gjbrandon pls correct if wrong ballpark). £600,000
Total - £1,008,000. A saving of 85%.
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8 packs of replaceable chips per person - £136,000
1 scanning unit per team (20) at £30k per scanning unit ( @gjbrandon pls correct if wrong ballpark). £600,000
Total - £1,008,000. A saving of 85%.
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For a rapid test to be in the same ballpark over 40 weeks, it would have to cost £15. There is also the significant plastic waste generated from the standard rapid test, which the #MicrotoxBT has none of given its fully reusable nature. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/have-we-thought-covid19-rapid-test-wasteplastic-rivers-gerard-brandon
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Cruise ships - 5000 people on a ship. 14 day cruise, 10 stops, test whenever someone gets back on the boat. 10 tests. 10 rapid PCR tests cost £1000 - £5m for the ship. the #MicrotoxBT + 2 chip packs costs £100. 30 scanners at £30k each - £900k. Total £1.4m. A saving of 70%.
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One would assume the cruise ships would pay for the scanners - so rapid PCR tests would have to be in the ball park of £10 to even compare on a cost basis. This is on top of the #MicrotoxBT being un-invasive, easy to administer and can be done in your own time.
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Given that this is only the #MicrotoxBT, and does not include what I believe to be the most valuable #DVRG asset, the MicrotoxPD (pathogen detection in waste water). The potential revenues here are staggering for just a couple of industries alone.
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Given the recent news flow, I personally believe the virus will become part of life (akin to the flu) which we have to monitor on a constant basis to protect the elderly and vulnerable, whilst not sacrificing our quality of life.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-herd-immunity-hopes-dashed-as-study-shows-covid-19-antibodies-fall-rapidly-after-recovery-12115510
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https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-herd-immunity-hopes-dashed-as-study-shows-covid-19-antibodies-fall-rapidly-after-recovery-12115510
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The fully integrated solution that #DVRG are working on, both above and below ground, and with a digital health pass, is to my knowledge the best solution being developed that can go someway to enabling that.
https://twitter.com/gjbrandon/status/1319232403802607616?s=20
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https://twitter.com/gjbrandon/status/1319232403802607616?s=20
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