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That's something I never thought about. Medical services companies being negatively affected by Covid because optional medical services (maybe also more expensive services) are limited.

COVID uptick to hurt MedTech firms and healthcare providers in early 2022 - Goldman Sachs

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They predict that there could be more visibility by mid-2022 when “vaccines, natural immunity, antivirals and better overall management experience with Covid should increase the likelihood of recovery.”\nContrasting its projections in early 2021, the bank avoids modeling “MedTech procedure volumes to rebound to above pre-Covid trend due to pent-up demand or backlog.\" The analysts expect the companies to indicate this in their initial forecasts for next year implying further room for downward revisions in Street forecasts which, according to them, could be the last COVID-induced revision to MedTech estimates.\nGoldman Sachs added Intuitive Surgical(NASDAQ:ISRG)to the firm’s conviction list, citing a potential launch of its multiport system in the first quarter. The maker of da Vinci Surgical System stands alongside Becton Dickinson(NYSE:BDX)and Zimmer Biomet(NYSE:ZBH)as a top large-cap pick in the space. 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