Covid Mk ll

It's never been a race to get stuff like that in Oz.

She'll be right. [thumbsupbig]

DL

Hi,
Went to the pharmacy for some prescription stuff and was offered my free RATs without asking.
Seems a bit excessive, but they can be shared with others if needed I suppose.
Cheers

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Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
Went to the pharmacy for some prescription stuff and was offered my free RATs without asking.
Seems a bit excessive, but they can be shared with others if needed I suppose.
Cheers

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Free RATs ? Grab - 'em !!![biggrin] But don't get too worked up about the "accurate" result(s) Your useful test is how you feel. - Sick or not. [bigsad][biggrin]

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Originally Posted by W&KO

3 weeks ago I figured I’d place an order for RA Tests…….as it seemed impossible to get them anywhere……and I doubt I’ll be able to get the free ones I’m entitled to.

Figured let’s be proactive……

They arrived today, 4 x 2 nasal kits

Aussie made as well…….

We are on final stages of getting ready to hit the road…….having these might be handy over the next few months

Hopefully WA borders will be relaxed and of RA Tests are part of entry than won’t have to go looking for one…..although we’d be happy to do 14 days at the border self isolating.

We actually placed 2 orders through two different online websites…..no news of the second order arriving as yet.

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Prices here in WA can reach $30 EACH. Silly thing was, they were declared ILLEGAL ... as WA residents were deemed to imbecilic to correctly 'interpret' results. No joke, WA government explanation ! - Then few weeks after that, suddenly, same government scrambles to secure supplies...

Do NOT put any trust in either the WA border or our Premier... I'd rather not express an opinion of his motives / Instructions / Orders / Dogmas etc. - But you get my drift. His grasp of Science is....[bigrolf] and the medical advisors don't inspire confidence either.
All of them are changing minds more often than a catwalk model does her dresses.

Seriously, if you must come near our state, keep Escape Plans B & C up your sleeve.

UK is a few weeks / months in front of us, so here's the latest (up there) about OMICRON and the 'novel' OMICRON.
Dr Campbell.

Omicron outcompetes omicron, official data - YouTube

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Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
Went to the pharmacy for some prescription stuff and was offered my free RATs without asking.
Seems a bit excessive, but they can be shared with others if needed I suppose.
Cheers

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Any good for 'Rat Tart'?

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Originally Posted by bob10

Well, a couple of issues caused the problem. One was rather than rely on existing structures that successfully give the flu jab to residents, with local GP's visiting aged care homes, the Federal GOV. outsourced the booster rollout to private companies, then companies [ which I wont name] took holidays over the XMAS break. As of Jan 11, at least 1,000 aged care homes had not had COVID booster shots.& It must be said that compared to Federally run aged care homes, residents in Victorian government aged care homes received their boosters before XMAS. It has been reported that no resident of a Victorian government aged care home had died as of 11 Jan. from COVID, whereas 793 residents of private Aged Care homes in Victoria, very sadly, have passed away from COVID.

And in NSW, it has been reported the NSW Government went ahead lifting restrictions despite warnings from NSW Health that vaccinations may not be effective against Omicron without the booster shot, and increased hospitalisations would result.A briefing note from NSW Health Clinical Intelligence Unit to the NSW government on 10 December 2021 warned about the additional risks of Omicron, the note warned "protection from vaccines may be less effective" and early reports from Africa showed " increasing rates of hospitalisation".

Five days after the note was sent, the NSW Government scrapped the mandatory wearing of face masks in public places, QR check ins , density limits and proof of vaccination checks. I hope this makes things a little clearer, all of the information provided here can be found posted by reputable sources from many reports across the internet.

Before I go, I must post what I have found from reports about Aged Care Home infections. It is obvious the failure to provide RAT tests [ after the Federal Minister stated on 15 August that RAT's would be available to Aged Care Homes to screen employees and visitors ], has resulted in Aged Care Home infections and lock downs .Staff testing positive at work are responsible for the majority of infections in Aged Care Homes, and the most recent data I can find states that as of Jan. 7 , only 668 of the 2704 Private Aged Care Homes had received Rapid Antigen Tests.

I remember in QLD the State Government said that they would take responsibility for vaccinating all Aged Care residents because of the slow rollout from the Federal Government. Up to this point I haven't found data to back that up, nor do I know the number of aged care residents who have passed away from COVID. One news report I found was the Qld opposition were making loud noises about " State Government hiding the number of Indigenous deaths from COVID ".This showed a complete ignorance of the Indigenous culture regarding " sorry business". I will post this up to clear this up.


Sorry Business: Mourning an Aboriginal death - Creative Spirits

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Probably unusual replying to my own post, but some information on QLD aged care deaths from COVID has come to hand. Over half the deaths since the start of Omicron in Qld. have been in Federal aged care. Obviously the story about QLD taking over the vaccination of Federal health facilities wasn't on the money, of the 107 aged care residents who died in Qld since December, only 10 had booster shots. 20 were not vaccinated at all. The Qld Health Minister said the Federal Gov. was not sharing information on how many residents had received boosters. Of the ten Qlders who died from COVID in the last 24 hours, 8 were in aged care.

The Health Minister said that the Commonwealth had asked 26 separate times for emergency PPE and Rapid Antigen Tests to be supplied to the aged care sector in the last week.

Half of all Omicron deaths in aged care: Canberra blamed for slow booster rollout (inqld.com.au)

Got my booster at a chemist this afternoon, booked it yesterday.

Regards,
Tote

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Originally Posted by bob10

Probably unusual replying to my own post, but some information on QLD aged care deaths from COVID has come to hand. Over half the deaths since the start of Omicron in Qld. have been in Federal aged care. Obviously the story about QLD taking over the vaccination of Federal health facilities wasn't on the money, of the 107 aged care residents who died in Qld since December, only 10 had booster shots. 20 were not vaccinated at all. The Qld Health Minister said the Federal Gov. was not sharing information on how many residents had received boosters. Of the ten Qlders who died from COVID in the last 24 hours, 8 were in aged care.

The Health Minister said that the Commonwealth had asked 26 separate times for emergency PPE and Rapid Antigen Tests to be supplied to the aged care sector in the last week.

Half of all Omicron deaths in aged care: Canberra blamed for slow booster rollout (inqld.com.au)

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In Melbourne's second wave, all of the nursing home deaths (655) were in privately owned nursing homes administered by the Commonwealth. There were none in the nursing homes owned and run by Victoria.

One important difference is that:

" .... while the Victorian government mandates minimum nurse-to-resident ratios of up to one nurse for every seven residents during the day, the Commonwealth laws only call for an "adequate" number of "appropriately skilled" staff – both terms are undefined."

https://www.smh.com.au/national/who-is-responsible-for-aged-care-homes-20200729-p55gig.html

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Originally Posted by Tote

Got my booster at a chemist this afternoon, booked it yesterday.

Regards,
Tote

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I got mine last Saturday - was Moderna - was told to take panadol and stay in bed on Sunday - got nothing from the vaccine but arm is still a bit sore from the intra muscular wound but nothing to worry about.