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[lippy4] 14/3/2020 10:38

so what did they do after the massive spanish flu epidemic of the first world war?it ran its course until people developed immunity.

shutting every thing down is not going to get rid of it,in time it will come back..

i think today people are becoming hysterical about it..

[alphorn] 14/3/2020 10:06

Nor bacteria - Prevention of TB involves screening those at high risk, early detection and treatment of cases, and vaccination with the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine.

[gbh2] 14/3/2020 09:22

Herd immunity never worked on other Viruses, Measles, Polio, and even the Flu required Vaccines!

[poikka] 14/3/2020 08:57

Think that part of the strategy is to enable the NHS to cope - avoid sudden large increase in patients.

[poikka] 13/3/2020 20:32

Essential - "I suppose when you are in good health you can use terms like herd instinct with impunity, some of us would prefer not to catch this."

"Herd IMMUNITY", Essential, and that includes vaccination. Relax, bro'.

[tradermichael] 13/3/2020 19:17

GSK is not developing a vaccine but they are providing a proprietary adjuvant for a vs vaccine

[onjohn] 13/3/2020 13:06

will they launch a vaccine

[tradermichael] 13/3/2020 12:46

Yes, GBP 1.0 = USD 1.25

[montyhedge] 13/3/2020 12:38

Weak sterling helps GSK and other dollar earners.

[tradermichael] 13/3/2020 11:36

monty,
Not necessarily a good thing as there is not much spare capacity for vaccines production at GSK. Look at the delays to global marketing of Shingrix - new plant (Belgium) won't be running till 2024. Last thing GSK wants is governments to commandeer facilities that GSK needs for lucrative production.

[essentialinvestor] 13/3/2020 11:23

I suppose when you are in good health you can use terms like herd instinct with impunity, some of us would prefer not to catch this.

[poikka] 13/3/2020 11:18

You would think so, Monty.

"Coronavirus is likely to return “year on year” and millions of Britons will need to become infected to control the impact of the disease, the government’s chief scientific advisor has said. Sir Patrick Vallance told Sky News around 60% of the UK population would need to contract the deadly COVID-19 in order for society to develop “herd immunity” from future outbreaks."

[montyhedge] 13/3/2020 10:59

If vaccines found and they reckon not far off, surely GSK vaccine facilities will help produce it.

[crossing_the_rubicon] 12/3/2020 15:02

TM has balls of steel :)

[essentialinvestor] 12/3/2020 14:36

You can sleep at night holding GSK. Just holding GSK, less sure about,
but Michael knows what he's doing I'm sure.

[sicker] 12/3/2020 14:34

I only hold 11 companies, TM holds 1 :-)

[abdullla] 12/3/2020 14:00

That is just 11 cuts.........so far!

[spud] 12/3/2020 13:57

I think we're all saying that tbh!

spud

[sicker] 12/3/2020 13:51

TM is saying 'ouch'
I'm saying 'ouch' 'ouch' 'ouch' 'ouch' 'ouch' 'ouch' 'ouch' 'ouch' 'ouch' 'ouch' 'ouch'
:-)

[abdullla] 12/3/2020 13:11

It is like dying with thousand cuts,mercy!

[daveboy1] 12/3/2020 11:41

Yes, very true, Michael. It's just knowing the where's and when's. My diversity has backfired now. I was all in with GSK at the start, watched it go from £15.50 or so to £12.80 back in early 2017, that was what caused my diversity to start with! You gotta smile.

[tradermichael] 12/3/2020 10:38

Very true, but I trust that GSK has a diverse range of new potential drugs and existing products to carry that, and that any business failures do not coincide with a market crash.

[alphorn] 12/3/2020 10:33

TM - possibly. The big additional risk in a single investment in Big Pharma is a major drug candidate failure or even worse a major problem with an existing approved drug. I.e. company specific rather than market driven.

[tradermichael] 12/3/2020 10:30

This is the thing with 'all in one basket' versus a 'diverse portfolio', at times like this the market is driven by fear and panic. Most, if not all stocks are affected by massive falls, no matter what sector.

Holding a single company (like GSK) is sometimes more safe for the recovery if you have a defensive stock. In a diverse portfolio, a proportion of the shares will recover in line with the market (or better) while others can get left behind. That takes some clever management to get back to performance.