RE:Antibodies could determine 4th dose eligibility - BINGO!! It's only a matter of time, before the lightbulb goes on (in public health and in individuals) that Antibody testing is the way to go forward (with new VoC's, the next fall/winter period, etc.) versus, mass 3rd doses or mass 4th doses...etc.
Only a (very good) Antibody test can determine if it's time to seek additional vaccination protection.
Two risks exist
without precise Antibody testing. They are:
1.
Over vaccination. You may be getting another
vaccination before you need to (i.e. overvaccination or too early). If there are LT side effects, why invite that risk in when you do not have to...
secondarilty there is less vaccine (through over vaccination) available for other countries, which invites a prolonged Covid pandemic (with new variants)
or
2.
Under vaccination. You are too late in getting a booster. We know that protections from previous infections OR vaccinations,
wanes over time.
It's obvioius, going forward, the public has, and will continue to have, less appetite for "one size fits all" solutions.
In addiition, people are getting sick of vaccinations and will accept more risk over time. But that will/may change as new Covid strains emerge and the next spikes occur (as do ICU admissions and deaths). So why not take the guesswork away via more personalized medicien/choices, when it comes to your own health and that of your family? Smart people will want INFORMED choice.
But I suspect that I am preaching to the converted on this BB. More knowledge & education will change "the masses" behaviour. That is SQI's number one job now (and their partners like Azova)
For now, when it comes to investments in the Biotech space, it's better to skate to where the puck is going to be.
Mass vaccinations as a blunt solution, is where the puck is (see Pfizer). Personalized medicine via diagnositics, is where the puck is going to be...In particular, that is apparently where SQI will to be when it comes to Covid and other flu-like viruses. Smart money will start to get there with more education, aided by ineveitable future waves (and sadly more deaths)
Holding SQI until it does, and the masses start to catch on.
MM