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    Family member had a test last week, said it was quite painful. If we have 300,000 of these kits what will happen to the stock if the new saliva 1 second test comes into production and takes over the world? That's the Israel one, but I see the FDA is close to OKing one from Yale. Will the government use all 300,000 before letting the spit tests in?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fungus pudding View Post
    Hipkins on The Nation this morning, confirmed my previous thoughts. He should be appointed as permanent Minister of Health and find someone else to take over as Minister of Education. Although there aren't many to choose from. Carmel Sepoloni perhaps?
    Same Hipkins in charge of Health who dropped the ball on regular testing of frontline staff? And who tried to spin his way out of accepting responsibility?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fungus pudding View Post
    Hipkins on The Nation this morning, confirmed my previous thoughts. He should be appointed as permanent Minister of Health and find someone else to take over as Minister of Education. Although there aren't many to choose from. Carmel Sepoloni perhaps?
    Chippie couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery. Surely you jest?

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    Quote Originally Posted by artemis View Post
    Family member had a test last week, said it was quite painful. If we have 300,000 of these kits what will happen to the stock if the new saliva 1 second test comes into production and takes over the world? That's the Israel one, but I see the FDA is close to OKing one from Yale. Will the government use all 300,000 before letting the spit tests in?
    The tests are cheap - I believe $1 each.

    What is very expensive is the process of testing & processing the tests. They stop at 4 pm because the virus stops infecting at 3.59 pm apparently?

    When the government is throwing billions at all manner of things, $300k is bugger all.

    Heck, $50m+ alone have been spent so far to recover a robot & a machine out of Pike River!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jonu View Post
    We were told at a briefing this week that there was more than 300,000 tests available. Hardly a reason to limit testing at the most vulnerable point of the defence system which we were also told involved 6-7000 people. You're seriously stretching credibility moka. As is the government.
    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...g-border-staff

    Not okay to test regularly and had to be voluntary

    but

    Ok it seems after the outbreak to make the tests compulsory and there are plenty of tests available too it seems.

    Bloomfield : ‘We round up sheep, we do not round up people ’ on Wednesday. By Thursday, people = sheep. That’s the contempt this government has for NZers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonu View Post
    We were told at a briefing this week that there was more than 300,000 tests available. Hardly a reason to limit testing at the most vulnerable point of the defence system which we were also told involved 6-7000 people. You're seriously stretching credibility moka. As is the government.
    We need to look at the stats.
    Although both Ardern and Health Minister Chris Hipkins have assured New Zealanders there are enough Covid-19 tests in the country to satisfy the demand, there is a limited supply. Yesterday a record-breaking 15,703 tests were processed, bringing the total number processed since the in the last 48 hours to almost 26,000.
    Only 20 days supply if we continue to test at 15,000 per day.
    Only 524,414 tests done in New Zealand from 22 January in the last seven months.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moka View Post
    We need to look at the stats.
    Although both Ardern and Health Minister Chris Hipkins have assured New Zealanders there are enough Covid-19 tests in the country to satisfy the demand, there is a limited supply. Yesterday a record-breaking 15,703 tests were processed, bringing the total number processed since the in the last 48 hours to almost 26,000.
    Only 20 days supply if we continue to test at 15,000 per day.
    Only 524,414 tests done in New Zealand from 22 January in the last seven months.
    You are assuming that the supply is finite.

    It is not.

    Stop the spin.

    But do spread the word about Labour’s new slogan : ‘Let’s Keep Spreading’!
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    Lab testing for COVID-19 as at 9.00 am 14 August
    ................................Tests ..... Date
    Total tested yesterday .. 15,703 ...13 August 2020
    7-day rolling average .... 5,353 .....7 August to 13 August 2020
    Total tested to date . 524,414 .22 January to 13 August 2020
    Supplies in stock*.... 303,367. 14 August 2020

    https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/...-current-cases

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    Quote Originally Posted by moka View Post
    Lab testing for COVID-19 as at 9.00 am 14 August
    ................................Tests ..... Date
    Total tested yesterday .. 15,703 ...13 August 2020
    7-day rolling average .... 5,353 .....7 August to 13 August 2020
    Total tested to date . 524,414 .22 January to 13 August 2020
    Supplies in stock*.... 303,367. 14 August 2020

    https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/...-current-cases
    Plenty of tests available and the government did not test the 7,000 frontline workers on a regular basis?

    Cindy & her incompetents cannot run a bath, let alone a Covid-19 containment response!

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    Quote Originally Posted by fungus pudding View Post
    Hipkins on The Nation this morning, confirmed my previous thoughts. He should be appointed as permanent Minister of Health and find someone else to take over as Minister of Education. Although there aren't many to choose from. Carmel Sepoloni perhaps?
    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12356780

    David Clark #2 = Chris Hipkins.

    Any failure is always the fault of others.

    Think he will go as far as to point the finger at Dr 'we round up sheep in NZ, not people' Bloomfield?

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