Death, Taxes, and Covid shots. The future stretching out in front of us has maybe only these three certainties. The virus is actively mutating constantly, and over some period of time, those mutations will produce a variant that falls outside of the efficacy boundary of current major vaccine platforms, which are now defined mostly by […]
Pandemic
The Pandemic is a Long-Term Factor (QDEL, APT, BNOW, ABT)
The pandemic won’t always be a pandemic, but the virus is going to with us as an endemic part of life. That’s the message from a new piece on Reuters. Reuters interviewed 18 virus specialists working on the pandemic. According to the piece, the specialists were hopeful that we would be able to totally eradicate […]
Stocks for the Pandemic Long Haul (FLGT, ALST, HOLX)
Scientists are beginning to arrive at the notion that the fight with Covid-19 is not a short raging battle that will be over by summer 2021 but a long-term war that will be waged for many years to come, with a constant need for PPE, testing, vaccine rejiggering, specialized air filtration solutions, and other ‘coping’ […]
FDA Approves Pfizer Inc.’s (NYSE:PFE) Vaccine Candidate for Emergency Use
On Friday, the FDA granted Pfizer Inc.’s (NYSE:PFE) COVID-19 vaccine Emergency Use Authorization, clearing the path for millions of Americans to start receiving the vaccine immediately. Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine receives Emergency Use Authorization in the US The approval is a massive turning point considering the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed over 290,000 lives across the US. […]
Stocks to Watch Ahead of the “Twindemic” (APT, LAKE, ALST, DGX)
The pandemic is old news. Scientists and health policy experts are now worried about the rising potential for the “Twindemic” – a coincident crisis involving Covid-19 and influenza primed for emergence this fall as people worry about going to the doctor to get their flu shot. Without widespread adoption of flu shots, the flu could […]
Pharmacy Services Back on the Radar (MDRX, WBA, RXMD, CVS)
The big step from here is an improvement and normalization in terms of our relationship with healthcare. But, because of what we have all endured through the pandemic process in recent months, and the months ahead, many changes that may have occurred in any course over coming years have suddenly happened all at once. One […]
The Next Wave in Covid Coping Stocks (LAKE, APT, ALST, MMM)
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world as we know it. The result of this transition, for investors, is a new playing field that rewards the nimble and those able to think thematically. One of the most interesting and important themes as the virus rages on is centered on the resources we need to cope […]
