It's Friday, ppl want to go home early.

US seizes ships carrying Iranian fuels. Bad development!

market is always forward-looking. it depends on how govt is going to say abt next quarter gdp.

gdp is going to be ok due to partial reopening of the economy.

Israel has one and in phase 3?

Trump is pushing hard for the vaccines to save his reelection.

yes

pharma stocks are like that - slow and steady.

This is Malaysia (not the US), govt will mandate all rakyat get vaccinated.

Vaccines are coming sooner than we think! Very positive for the whole world.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2020/2020-08-12/99d7df38-7e21-4ce6-8889-415bcf5f8901.jpg

Market is always forward-looking. Vaccines (from China,US, EU) will be available for the general public and all pharma stocks will rise.

buy maybank, can sleep better.

6 more months.

Everyone knows there isn't a working vaccine yet in the world for public use. These people just want to bring down the price so they can get in low.

will take 6 months.

This vaccine is a dud!

Let the weak hands sell. They should not be invested in supermax.

So funny, even Wall Street got duped by Putin early on then sold off at the end!

Later Putin is going to say his words have been taken out of context!

I am relieved to know glove companies will thrive for a long time (the new norm) w/ or w/o vaccines.

So vaccines are not 100% protective (50% - 60%) meaning covid19 will be around for a long long time? God saves us all!

that's for flu shot, not covid19(infectious) shot.

Of course, Russia’s announcement shouldn't be taken at face value. In fact, it’s not even an approval, at least not as the term would be used in the U.S. ”In a televised meeting, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, stated that Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute successfully developed a ‘safe and effective’ coronavirus vaccine ready to move to a Phase 3 trial, sparking risk-on money flows,” writes The Sevens Reports Tom Essaye.

Just in: New Zealand locks down biggest city after first local case of coronavirus in 102 days.

for infectious disease like COVID19, yes you have to change gloves and that's a fact!

Russian govt just said mass vaccination will only start next year!!!

it hasn't gone thru all the necessary steps, good luck to the users.

I think it's dangerous to use this vaccine on the elderly and/or people with preexisting medical conditions.

best to ignore and don't reply to them.

tp of 25 is low, imo.

I don't think the Russian vaccine is even allowed to be exported since it's not recognized by WHO.

Russian vaccine has a disclaimer: Inject it at your own risk!

always prudent to spread one's investment.

monkey see monkey do.

it's good to know you have a good heart!

so many suay gods you mean!

engine temporary stalled.

hng33 is going to be very rich tomorrow!

whatever will be will be, so just call it a day!

no QR this week means price can continue to go up!

no news is good news for today.

Viral mutation in Japan may render vaccine ‘ineffective’


Source: Global Times Published: 2020/8/9 22:43:40


A Chinese virologist said that a novel coronavirus mutation with a variation level exceeding 20 percent may lead to vaccines, current treatments and viral-testing measures becoming ineffective after a recent study in Japan indicated that the virus in the country has mutated into a form with a new genome sequence, which has been spreading in a second COVID-19 spike since mid-June.

The study by Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases published on Wednesday found that the European strain of the virus waned in the country in late May, and a mutated version of the virus was later found in Tokyo and soon in other parts of the country. Most of the recently confirmed patients in Japan are believed to have been infected with the virus after mutation, local media reported.

Japan reported 1,565 new cases on Saturday, bringing the total number to 47,464, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

The country has experienced a COVID-19 epidemic resurgence since the middle of June, with the daily case load exceeding 1,000 in late July and seeing a rising trend. In its first wave of the epidemic which was eased in May, the record was 743 cases in a single day.

The virus becomes more infectious and transmissible when comparing the two COVID-19 spikes, Yang Zhanqiu, deputy director of the pathogen biology department at Wuhan University, told the Global Times on Sunday.

"If the virus mutates to a level of more than 20 percent variation, it will significantly affect the effectiveness of testing and vaccines that are in development for COVID-19," said the virologist.

As of Wednesday, 5,116 patients had been hospitalized in Japan, with more than 1,000 people admitted within the past week, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of the Japanese government in its latest weekly report.

a rising tide lifts all boats. let's hope smax turns very green today!

Why would supermx declare stock split if result is going to be bad?

Chinese vaccines are safe. They follow WHO standards. Pls don't generalize.

@Glove Investor Totally agree with you. This is a public forum and anyone can give his or her opinion, period!

@degaht Why don't you go and do your calculations to prove him wrong instead of bitching about him?

@kltower good call!

kyy is a billionaire and you are...?