We’ll start out talking about COVID-19 just to get it over with. The way it looks now, we’ll be needing to stay on top of that tiresome subject for a good long time, even after all of us are fed up with hearing about it. As you know, that particular snake keeps changing its spots, […]
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On balance, these bits tend more to the positive than the negative, including a few positive items about COVID-19. (But then, it seems that most of the news about COVID-19 is on the positive side these days.) We’ll get to COVID at the end of this piece, but first I will report on a recent […]
What put me on to this scary topic was an excellent piece by Jane Brody in Science Times on January 4th. Jane Brody’s weekly column “Personal Health” appears on the inside back page of Science Times every week. (For the non-NYTimes subscribers, Science Times is a section of the Times published every Tuesday.) Jane writes […]
Most of this Doc Gumshoe posting was ready to go a couple of days before Thanksgiving. But then, you know what happened: the new variant (now named Omicron) surfaced in South Africa. So I finished up another Doc Gumshoe epistle that I had been working on and quickly got it to Travis so I could […]
A friend of ours on the Maine island where we spent our vacation told us that her husband’s surgery had been cancelled at the last minute because the hospital in Portland was swamped with COVID cases, and all elective surgery was cancelled. This notification came at the last possible minute, as they were getting ready […]
I was hoping to keep COVID-19 out of this piece, but new things keep flooding in, and I can’t totally ignore them. However, I’ll save them to the end of the story. They are both “good news,” more or less, and I like to leave you with a bit of cheer, when possible. Sleep and […]
This will be the thirteenth Doc Gumshoe pronouncement on the COVID-19 pandemic. Lucky or unlucky, I have no idea, but let’s get on with it. To the question “Where are we now?” the answer depends enormously on exactly where, geographically, we are. The differences in the new case and fatality rates in among the different […]
Before I launch into the topics of the day, I am going to share with you an opinion piece about the recent CDC guidelines. I find myself in complete concurrence with this piece, which was posted a few weeks ago on MedPage Today, a medical website that is a very helpful source of information for […]
I’m happy to report that despite the huge quantity of COVID-related news items that flood my in-box (as well as all news media), the tsunami has not drowned other health and medicine-related releases. Now, with the pandemic retreating – and, yes, it really is retreating – let’s use this as an opportunity to bring a […]
This piece was going to be titled “COVID Continued.” Then I thought, “what a depressing title. Nobody wants to read about the continuation of the pandemic. A much more attractive title would be “COVID Terminated.” That’s the headline we want to see. Or, better, that’s the headline we want to believe. How close are we […]
Believe me, I’ve been looking forward to putting Doc Gumshoe to work on topics other than COVID-19, which is far from being the only disease that affects our health and requires careful attention. But as the global case numbers have topped 85 million, and global deaths are approaching 2 million, COVID-19 demands to be […]
LexaGene (LXXGF) – Molecular diagnostics company with great upside due to high margin “razor blade” business modelThis is a molecular diagnostics company that has been mentioned here a few times, as it has been teased in a few newsletters. I have been invested in this company since 2019. I increased my position greatly after I saw a free youtube interview where Dr. KSS was interviewing the CEO. (I did not know […]
Yes, in the midst of a severe global surge in new cases and deaths, there are several genuinely good news items that we can pin our hopes on. Surely, you are aware of some of these, but I will attempt to put them in context. As of yesterday, from the start of pandemic to […]
As I write this, both the US and the world are seeing an upsurge in COVID-19. There has been a 46% spike in hospitalized patients, and in the past seven days more than a half-million more Americans have contracted the coronavirus. According to the Johns Hopkins dashboard that tracks COVID-19 cases all over the world, […]
So now, more than six months after this pandemic was officially declared, some experts are telling us that the COVID-19 testing that we have been doing is all wrong, and that a totally different form of testing could be an effective way to end the pandemic. What they are saying is that the scientific […]
This will surely not be the last time Doc Gumshoe turns his attention to the pandemic that is now imposing misery on many parts of the world. I need to acknowledge that when what was then generally called the Wuhan virus first came to my attention, I expressed the view that, despite the dire […]
Today we’re headed into the wild and woolly world of biotech once again, sniffing out the secret stock from a teaser pitch for Biotech Millionaire, edited by Chris Wood and Jake Weber over at Mauldin Economics ($1,795/yr, includes their Healthy Returns letter… and unlike most higher-cost letters these days, they actually offer a 30-day refund […]
This article was originally published on May 28, 2020, when we first saw these ads — they have recently been re-circulating as the June 30 date approaches and vaccine interest rises again. What follows has not been updated since May 28, though I did add an updated note at the bottom. We haven’t covered a […]
It’s not as though the pandemic has cleared the decks of all other health-related issues. I’m sorry to report that people still have heart attacks, strokes, and cancer as well as all the plethora of other ailments, diseases, and conditions that affect our species. For example, I was thinking of putting in a […]
We saw a big recovery over the past week or so from those cyclical stocks that were hurt by coronavirus, as the excitement about reopening and vaccine development sends people out of direct beneficiaries of the outbreak like Teladoc (TDOC) and the stuck-at-home names and into the stocks that were most hurt by the shutdown. […]
I decided to add the year to my title in the event that this thing goes on for another full year, and I have to do an update in May 2021. I pray fervently that such an eventuality will not come to pass, but it’s certainly possible. Having said that, your obedient servant […]
It’s hard to stay away from the coronavirus pandemic, even though Doc Gumshoe basically has no information that’s any different from what’s flooding into your inboxes or TV screens or, for those of us who are still members of the ancient fellowship of newspaper readers, the pages of our daily newspapers. But a few […]
Today I’m getting a lot of questions about the “Coronavirus Recovery Package” being pitched by Alexander Green — he’s selling Oxford Club subscriptions ($99) by promising a special report called “The Three Biggest Winners of the Coronavirus Recovery.” Green’s big-picture intro is pretty reasonable and rational, and similar to lots of other folks these days […]
I’ve gotten a few questions about the latest Technology Profits Confidential (currently $79/yr) tease from Ray Blanco, so although it’s a few weeks old now, and started circulating right in the heat of the first coronavirus downturn in mid-March, I thought I’d take a look today. It is still a current ad, I got it […]
It’s been a wild week. The mood was still pretty upbeat on Monday and Tuesday, a little anxiety but a lot of complacency (including mine)… I was in Toronto early this week, with plenty of hand washing and hand sanitizer but no real signs of panic or changes in lifestyle for most folks — the […]
This is the latest teaser pitch that a lot of folks have been asking about — and rightly so, I expect, because it’s designed to be extremely topical and get you revved up immediately. Here’s the intro to the ad that I’ve seen in some Angel Publishing newsletters: “We’re now in crisis mode over coronavirus […]
It’s been an unusually active month in the Real Money Portfolio — a couple big sells, several brand new positions, and quite a bit more churn than I usually have. Those transactions have mostly been fairly small, the largest position that I opened or closed was the sale of my sub-2% Facebook position, but that’s […]
It’s been a roller coaster ride so far this week. I’m a beginner in investing and waiting for the market selloff to reach the bottom. Given the situation that coronavirus just started spreading in US, anyone who can read the situation comment on what could be possible bottom or did we already reach it with […]
This is an update of a teaser solution from an older Friday File for everyone to read… I figure the Irregulars won’t be too upset, since the stock in question is up dramatically since this piece was published, but it’s still an interesting story — and a stock I own and would like to buy […]
Having just devoted an entire Doc Gumshoe piece to the notorious coronavirus (COVID 19), I’m going to make those coronavirus updates brief – it looks to me as though the news media is devoting a major part of its capacity to covering most aspects of this pandemic – and, yes, it now certainly looks like […]
It’s been a wild ride for the past couple weeks of coronavirus panic, and this week has been especially crazy (and still isn’t quite over)… though it’s encouraging that my Real Money Portfolio has been a little bit stronger than the market so far this year — partly because of brilliant stock selection, I’d like […]
Don’t look to Doc Gumshoe to keep you up to the minute on the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus. The figures I’m quoting below are as of mid-day today, February 18th. These will have changed by the time you see this piece, and they may be unreliable in the first place. But, […]
Please indulge Doc Gumshoe while he presents his musings on what’s going on in general in the health-care arena, and in particular, which new drugs are getting the FDA blessing and why, as well as which ones are getting the short straw. My impressions and conclusions are in some cases only loosely based on […]
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Thanks for another great article, Doc/Michael. And thanks again for addressing "COVID-19 vaccines protect recipients fro...
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I’m somewhat at a loss as to how to respond to some of the very carefully written comments to the October 5th Doc Gums...
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'If I were to be vaccinated with one of those vaccines that are 95% efficacious, I would still have a one out of twenty ...
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FDA grants first emergency use authorization for at-home rapid coronavirus test November 18, 2020 / 8:02 AM / AP U...
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Travis, I haven't read through all your recent articles on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, but if you're not aware of ...
Doc...What say you? The Virology Journal – the official publication of the National Institutes of Health – published...
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I don't see comments or discussion anywhere about Dr. Paul Marik and his MATH+ treatment plan. His group works out of E...
Cytodyn will be reporting on P2 M2M results within 2 weeks, and DSMC is taking a look at their S/C P2b/P3 trial this wee...
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The race for coronavirus vaccines: a graphical guide Eight ways in which scientists hope to provide immunity to SARS-CoV...
I think you missed the most important point to make over vaccines DOC......regardless which vaccine we want to talk abou...
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I am subscriber for 6 months. First of all their call on the Coronavirus hysteria was nothing short of amazing. Instead...
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Yes, ivermectin prevented the coronavirus from replicating in vitro, but the concentrations needed to achieve that goal...
Love Doc Gumshoe! He got me to learn to love (fresh) saurkraut and its probiotics. Wonder if he'd look into studies now ...
The coronavirus - SARS CoV-2 = has been mapped thoroughly, including it's dozen surface proteins and major sections of i...
Regarding C19 treatments, one you should keep your eye on is Leronlimab from Cytodyn, a small cap pharma. A BLA for HIV...
Recently I became aware of a YouTube by Dr Andrew Kaufman and exosomes. Dr Kaufman maintains that these normal cellular ...
I agree with you, but the economic destruction that has been done by a worldwide shut down is so enormous that you can o...
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You are supposed to remove your coronavirus mask when you get home from work. The lack of oxygen is affecting your brain...
I'm liking TMQ so far - which I bought based mostly on a belief that precious metals will continue to rise in price and ...
Ross Givens / The Insider Report is promoting a pharma mfg. that's trading in the $4.00 range recently and points to ins...
Agreed... My money is on CYDY for HIV and cancer, but C19 trials are eye opening.... This coming week will tell the tail...
Good one. AIM ImmunoTech’s Drug Ampligen to be Tested by Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases as a Pote...
What about AIM ? They claim their drug Ampligen could work on coronavirus because supposedly it worked perfectly on mic...
Both can be true. I like the PAR management team and their response so far, so I've been "micro-dosing" some buys as it...
BREAKING: EXPERTS DRASTICALLY ALTER COURSE ON CORONAVIRUS? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yvhmf38vOg...
I have been doing well with Verastem VSTM, they have several anti cancer drugs that disable tumor signaling and may have...
So DDD will treat coronavirus now? Find me one stock that doesn't cure coronavirus these days. I think even Campbell Sou...
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Hello Doc, I am looking for thoughts on Bayer AG (BAYZF)its a pink sheet stock so I don't know the risk of Pink Sheet s...
Here is a summary of vaccines and medications for symptoms companies associated: Clinical trials: Drug/Treatment: R...
It's a tough one, essentially all of their tenants are currently closed so the question is whether or not those tenants ...
Coronavirus Australia: Queensland researchers find ‘cure’, want drug trial: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health...
Take a look at lexagene. Would be curious as to people’s thoughts. They built an open platform for rapid pathogen ...
Hi Catherine. Thank you so much for your kind response to my question. Very nice of you for your reply. I had actually b...
In 1979 I began college for a pharmacy degree. My father in law was an emeritus professor at University of Michigan sch...
I agree with you, they missed the coronavirus opportunity. But I think there is value beyond coronavirus. All the mark...
I think you're right that it will be press release-driven, as it has been for the past couple years, but the coronavirus...
Stay healthy yourself, Travis. We need your sane and considered views as panic hits everywhere,, and disinformation is...
Thank you Travis for your presentation. I am a shareholder so I am biased. I have analyzed the capital in depth and wi...
If Gilead's drug, remdesivir, proves successful in the treatment of the coronavirus, I can't see why the company would n...
Hi, im from Slovenia, bordering to Italy and Austria, and also info from Germany and others ... Panic in EU is getting ...
CEO of Co-Diagnostics $CODX was on Varney (FBN) on 3/5 mentioning the fact that recent relaxation of FDA restrictions no...
I'd expect quite a bit of volatility among stocks everywhere for at least another month or two, quite possibly longer. ...
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Re coronavirus, the pandemic virus heretofore unknown to the entire world, has been an advertised target of LYSOL for...
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Just some ideas: "CODX", maker of diagnostic kits for Covid-19 could go vertical once approved by FDA/CDC. The stock ha...
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TRAVIS, ANy idea what the device is that can detect, the CORONAVIRUS in one hour? Thank:-:You FRANK8MORRISD...
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There's always a chance for a meaningful market correction. I would think of stocks that are directly impacted by coron...
Hey, dazza06, the link you provided is to something totally unrelated, an article on the coronavirus on Yahoo news. Coul...