Nope, more days to cover is bad for the shorts. If it is one day to cover, it can be covered easily. If it is 8 days to cover, it would be far more difficult to buy that many shares without significantly increasing the share price. In this instance, I don't think shorts are worried because there are no positive catalysts on the horizon except for some pipe dream of revenue from poor countries. If I were short, I would be confident that the share price will hit $2.00 before long.