NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

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Some Cognate job listings refreshing over past 48 hours. It is hard for me to believe there are an astronomical number of naked shorts at this point. However, it is also very hard for me to believe this year's pattern of hiring at Cognate is window dressing. I don't buy that it is all for show. It's also hard not to connect the professional positions and the timing. I can't tell if the refreshing is just site automation, but that does not appear to be the case. It seems some positions are harder to fill than others, and some likely remain up because many (e.g. Manufacturing Associates) probably require three shifts of multiple workers. I would imagine at some point this hiring could be subject to intensive scrutiny, so it would be a fool's errand to head fake. Maybe it's a head fake, maybe another contract, but my own sense is:

1. Chance it's window dressing: 7%
2. Chance it's for a different contract: 9%
3. Chance it's DCVax prep (mostly for commercial) 80%
4. Other 4%

JMHO