Honestly the more I read the more I believe that PCTL has another market that few are naming, that's supplying both products and fluid to numerous companies that both provide service, and who also market their equipment.
As this coronavirus plays out I believe all sorts of businesses are becoming far more concerned with maintaining sanitary conditions. Not everyone will purchase equipment from PCTL or others, but they'll sign up for services from those who use their products. I cannot say how many times in looking at some company that's providing such services I find that they're doing it with PCTL equipment.
I first heard of this company just before New Year's last year, I bought the stock after just a few hours of looking into it. I frankly don't remember if I'd ever heard the term coronavirus, but twice in the last 6 years I had catheter infections, each in different hospitals that had excellent sanitation practices IMHO. It took some time each time to determine the precise bug that infected me, but in each case it was something they considered rare enought that they believed I acquired it in the hospital, though part of the time I was in outpatient treatment. I didn't need to know coronavirus was coming to recognize that what this company is doing will improve on what even the greatest hospitals currently are doing.
It will probably be November of next year before we know whether coronavirus will return, and what ferocity it will have. A vaccine by then is doubtful, and that's what truly cuts the threat. If people who've had it remain immune, the numbers will go down dramatically. I just heard a medical expert indicating we should be testing half a million people daily, if we want to return to some degree of normalcy, clearly we're not doing that. Because this disease can be spread by people who have no indication of infectious, we really need the blood test that say's, you've already had it. I know people who had what they thought to be cold or flu back in February, was it coronavirus, the only way they'll know is with a blood test. Personally, I frequently get a runny nose, slightly sore throat, etc, but have had no fever or other indications, and this is not unusual for me in the Winter, but did I have it, I can't say.
I believe the world will be a changed place as we get back to normal, it won't be anything like the normal of the past. People will be far more conscious of maintaining sanitary conditions. I believe that this will clearly make the demand greater for what we're providing, and I hope the company will eventually have a home model that's reasonably priced, but can reasonably cover a good sized home, or office, at a price that people can choose whether to do it themselves, or use a service to routinely sanitize there home or business.
Gary
