Vaccines – a way forward?
Our objective at Trend Disruptors is to identify and track technology developments that have the potential to “disrupt” market sectors, creating unique investment opportunities for our subscribers. The pandemic of 2020 has been a massively disruptive year on many fronts, with many businesses having to re-invent themselves, trying to remain profitable, to even remain viable. Covid-19 vaccines are almost here, and their development and deployment in the shortest time ever for any vaccine attests to the crucial role that technology plays in modern society. Vaccines have significantly reduced many diseases and infections over the years, and now advanced genetic engineering allows new and much faster vaccine development, by manipulating DNA, RNA, proteins, and sugars. Modern Vaccinology can tackle infectious and non-infectious disease, but some ancient infections, like malaria, and new ones, like HIV, are still with us because a safe and potent vaccine remains elusive for certain infections.
For investors, this year has been profoundly challenging, with markets reacting to business hardships due to lockdowns, business booms where pandemic conditions fostered growth and innovation, and loads of political rhetoric fostering doubt, division, and discord. Here we are in the weirdest of times, expecting that the winter of 2020 will be the darkest hour just before dawn, with Covid-19 vaccines ushering in this long awaited dawn. This years’ investment winners have been those companies that have been diligent in protecting against the virus while providing much needed goods and services. This is the year where online shopping, curbside pick-up, home delivery, and ICU’s (intensive care units) all have increased demand. Covid-19 vaccines are the latest addition to the goods and services to be provided, and the demand is huge.
Society often lurches forward because of disruptions, and most of the world’s population will grow to trust the new vaccines, if high level approvals are achieved and longer term experience piles up good results. Few of us will ever know exactly how a vaccine is built or how quantum computing works, but we all have a responsibility to be adequately and accurately informed about everything that affects our lives. Accurate information is crucial, and with so many sources these days, critical thinking skills are more valuable than ever. Investors need to have quality information to be equipped to take full responsibility for their financial well being.
The aim of TREND DISRUPTORS is to discover, explore, and monitor scientific and technical developments, looking for the best and brightest ideas. We publish relevant investment recommendations for our subscribers and publish blog articles discussing a variety of technology developments. As investors, we look for opportunities and seek out companies that utilize technology to be useful and profitable. As a rule, our stock recommendations are speculative and we advise caution, discretion, and thorough research.
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