RE:RE:On our way to Price Target $1.25for the moment yes it looks like covid is going bye bye in some countries but thats just cause they need you to stop thinking about other things and be thankful you can go hang out at da club again. It just goes to show the govt never really cares about the public at least most governments that is.
Do you really think any country will stop forcing travelers to be tested before they are allowed in anytime soon? How many people live in India alone? How many people travel to there and from there? What country will say nah you dont have to test anymore.
Face it this covid set a new standard of everything and no country will risk it again. Will the forced hotel stays be required? No those will have to end but testing wont end until every country basically says covid is gone and no more rules for it. Even when that happens traveling will still require a test for a year or two after. Heck that just might be the new norm forever now.
The price does seem high to me though I will give you that. Lots of moving parts to it though and getting anything done quickly takes time and money. its too bad Stage doesnt have like a satelite lab somewhere in canada just doing covid testing. Take some equipment from the main lab and just set up a small one in canada. It would get pricing down a bit.
If the price can be lowed to a more resonable number then it would just set a new standard in travel. The public would just get accustomed to paying it and do it. Just like having a passport and the soon to be vacine passport it would become second nature to get a covid test if you travel internationally.
Stage needs to partner with a large health care provider for Aristotle just like they have talked about for years.
The same could be said about them partnering with a large airline. One stop shop. You go to United Airlines website, book your ticket, and at the end before you pay you add a StageZero covid test kit to your cart and you pay for it right there. test kit is mailed to you months before your flight and you have it ready to go. Or partner with Orbitz, or Expedia, or any of those.
Covid testing will likely never go away but the quantity of them will go down alot. If Stage cant partner with some company or group like a travel based company then they wont be able to rely on covid testing for any profit and had better have aristotle humming like crazy or the stock price will plummet to nothing. Why not push for guarenteed covid revenue to hedge your bet.