The grant is for far more than Covid, none of the irons get put out if Covid-19 is solved in some other way. Brilacidin as a complete game-changing platform therapeutic for several conditions; that is why people invest here. Covid has just helped light the fuse earlier than we all had hoped.
When mathematics and data are used in prediction we call this an 'educated guess'.
So, for those that might think I am daydreaming at $800 IPIX, please at least agree to call it 'educated daydreaming'.