Mar 09, 2021 / 03:55PM GMT
Travis Steed -
Good morning, everybody. I'm Travis Steed, the med tech analyst at Barclays. And next up, we have Teleflex. Liam Kelly, Chairman, President and CEO; we also have Jacob Elguicze, Treasurer and Vice President; and John Hsu, Senior Director of Investor Relations, joining us virtually here. Hopefully, next year, we'll be in Miami, but for now, thanks for joining us virtually.
Questions and Answers:
Travis Steed -Liam just wanted to kind of start off a little bit talking about some of the COVID and current trends, and then we'll move in to talk about some -- more of the fun stuff, the business outlook ex COVID. Recently reported Q4 results, I think most people came away thinking the guide was prudent, if not even conservative. I believe you're assuming COVID is about the same headwind in the first half of this year as it was in Q4, even though vaccines are coming and some states are kind of fully reopened at this point. So just wanted to kind of open it up here and you want to go and talk about what all went into your thought process around setting the guidance