Coronavirus COVID-19 News specific to South Africa

[satanboy]

 

[Johnatan56]

I can perhaps try and answer that for them, my guess would be for profit?

They sneakily don't give us a clue as to what the base cost of running a test is, so it's difficult to gauge if they are profiteering, but I would hazard that they have very big smiles going to work each morning.

Should be around $5 for it based on lot sof articles for PCR, antigen should be around the $1 mark.

So add skills etc. for all of PCR, shouldn't be more than R200 in private including allowing for profit margin, it's a pretty obvious case of price fixing and I think that's why back in March I got one swab while in October I got two for the same price, think the investigation will be interesting.

 

[Nicholas]

Hmmm...

 

[biometrics]

Now the youngest son and his girlfriend are also sick. So that's all five people in the house.

 

[satanboy]

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Hmmm...

They forgot to delete the 552 IMHO

 

[biometrics]

Only 1 of 5 had been tested in my sisters house. Shows you that the official stats is way under reported. Costs R850 for the test and they can't afford it.

 

[Dave]

@biometrics You were upset by the UK restrictions, wait until you see the new Canadian ones.

 

[satanboy]

 

[biometrics]

@biometrics You were upset by the UK restrictions, wait until you see the new Canadian ones.

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I suppose I shouldn't be surprised if some "entrepreneur" sourced and sold shit tests.

 

[Düber]

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised if some "entrepreneur" sourced and sold shit tests.

More likely just the "results."

 

[biometrics]

More likely just the "results."

Would explain the high positive rate on arrival in Amsterdam.

 

[Sinbad]

Wow.

Understandable after 10% of a flight tested positive when they were supposed to have tested before departure

 

[biometrics]

Super dodgy

 

[Johnatan56]

@biometrics You were upset by the UK restrictions, wait until you see the new Canadian ones.

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Erm, that's going to raise questions, what exactly happened for that to be an issue? Specific lab or something, sure, but cutting out entire countries is insane.

Wow.

Understandable after 10% of a flight tested positive when they were supposed to have tested before departure

Then you check what lab, and 10% positive, you can get positive because of one person on the flight, and biggest issue is people not isolating after taking PCR test until flight.

 

[biometrics]

Sister tested negative even though she has all the symptoms.

 

[Nicholas]

CoViD-19 vaccination team robbed.

This is despicable.

 

[RedViking]

CoViD-19 vaccination team robbed.

This is despicable.

Didn't know you can get high on it.

 

[satanboy]

 

[Nicholas]

Good to see that the number of active cases in the Northern Cape has fallen so dramatically. ;-)

 

[satanboy]