This is the Woolies site for purchasing the COVID-19 rapid antigen tests. They are $50 but if you sign up for their newsletter AND create and account you get free delivery (normally $10) and a $10 discount code emailed to you making the delivered price $40. Plus if you sign up you can also get 40 woolies rewards points.
There are lots of places out there selling 5 for $60-$80 so at $40 delivered it seems like the best price around.
Note : They only ship from 4th November.
More like competition then a deal ;)
Otherwise it can be [targetted] or [unobtainable] deal
wait what.. why do they pay you?
Nothings for free.
The government will pay you $450 if you need to miss work to get a COVID test.
Because it's good for you 😉
You can only do it once a month. $450 not enough for me to waste my time
If you get tested by the government labs you have to give them your phone number. I don't want them using it to monitor me using 5G.
I don't want them using it to monitor me using 5G.
Use a 4G phone
Quick, throw your phone into a nearby salt-water lake. The salinity should help destroy your phone and prevent them from tracking you/ stop you shitposting online.
Lots of people can't or don't want to isolate for up to 2 days waiting on test results - rapid testing means you can know in 15 minutes and go to work.
Legally the rapid tests don't count for the mandatory exposure testing. People making that mistake/ignorance is a big reason Australia has been so slow (still banned in most states) in making them legal.
That will change though as high vaccine rate success let's the rules ease.
True ozbargainer why pay for it when you can do the test for free? 🤣
You don't need to see doctor, no need to do blood test? May be they already have it.
We are paying for the tests just via taxes instead of directly out of pocket.
If the labs are doing DNA tests then they're violating probably about half a dozen laws if it wasn't on the original script.
Don't worry, everyone who pays tax is going to be paying this off for the next decade or two once the federal election is out of the way.
They will store my DNA for free??
hopefully it's backed up to the cloud, too.
That’s right bro, and once the have you DNA they can…store it in a database.
Crikey, they could probably clone me by now with the amount of tests I’ve had. Might be handy if any of my organs fail. 😆
I hope the government does take a sample of everyone's DNA, so many unsolved crimes can be helped to be solved
Cab you provide info on this genetic database? Who has it and where? I used to work in an associated industry and I think you've been mislead here. Embarassing but at least you won't embarass yourself in real life.
Yes why pay $40 when you can waste 3 hours in line then self isolate for another 24hrs instead of working all to get it for free.
True OzB
Nah in honesty it's not the same thing.
My last few test only took me a few mins
You know there not true sperm count tests if you don't actually have an appointment, right?
Not to mention $90 of tax payer money going to the private lab doing the test….
Better than my $90 going into a dole bludger, at least I get some benefit out of giving $90 to the private lab.
where did you get the $90 figure from?
@mrshorty: I meant to write around $90, it's not $90 exactly.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/taxpayers-spend-more-tha…
@stewy: look at all the profit making! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-31/covid-testing-patholo…
@mrshorty: The industry got a boost very early on in the pandemic when the federal government raised the Medicare rebate on COVID-19 tests from $28.65 to $100 with an $85 rebate for private providers.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-31/covid-testing-patholo…
Last financial year, Australian Clinical Labs' profit rose 46 per cent to $60.4 million.
Sonic Healthcare, which owns Douglass Hanly Moir, saw an even bigger profit rise of 149 per cent to $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, Laverty's head company Healius has seen its revenue soar from $1.5 billion to $1.9 billion.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-31/covid-testing-patholo…
How accurate are these? Are they the same as going to a testing centre?
They're about 75-80% accurate and they are not the same as going to a testing centre.
It’s challenging to get an accurate estimate. But rapid antigen tests are about 80 per cent as sensitive as a PCR test, which are the traditional COVID tests we do that get sent off to a lab. The PCR tests themselves are about 80 per cent sensitive when it comes to identifying someone with COVID.
So, if you did a rapid antigen test at home, it’s about 64 per cent likely to pick up that you’re positive, if you did have COVID.
Therefore, rapid antigen tests can find about two-thirds of cases. If you’re going to a gathering where everyone has tested negative on a rapid antigen test, that’s a three-fold reduction in risk.
Source : https://www.sbs.com.au/news/your-unvaccinated-friend-is-roug…
That’s just bad science. Every PCR test kit is different with different sensitivities and thresholds, you can have wildly inaccurate tests once amplification cycles start to go beyond ~37 or so.
There have been PCR test kits completely pulled off the market because they have horrid detection rates.
I'm not sure of your point.
A PCR that has inaccurate results after 37 cycles is normal, and not indicative of poor assay performance
Results getting reported that late is a failure of the interpreting laboratory. They should be setting a cut off threshold before then, when the assay is in the linear phase.
I'm careful on sources of information… certainly don't place any credence on media houses and so-called "Fact checking" orgs.
Here's the summary blurb from Cochrane on Antigen vs PCR tests…
Antigen tests vary in sensitivity. In people with signs and symptoms of COVID-19, sensitivities are highest in the first week of illness when viral loads are higher. The assays shown to meet appropriate criteria, such as WHO's priority target product profiles for COVID-19 diagnostics (‘acceptable’ sensitivity ≥ 80% and specificity ≥ 97%), can be considered as a replacement for laboratory-based RT-PCR when immediate decisions about patient care must be made, or where RT-PCR cannot be delivered in a timely manner. Positive predictive values suggest that confirmatory testing of those with positive results may be considered in low prevalence settings. Due to the variable sensitivity of antigen tests, people who test negative may still be infected.
Regarding this specific kit.
Clinical Evaluation
The sensitivity of the test was determined with 34 PCR confirmed positive swab samples. The specificity was determined with 141 PCR confirmed
negative swab samples. A sensitivity of 94.12% (32/34 known confirmed Postives) and a specificity of 100.00% (141/141 known confirmed Negatives) were determined for the SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test Kit.
So all in - a very solid option for early detection (i.e.: within the viral phase).
How do I get $10 off? Have signed up but there's no indication of this offer at all.
There was a pop up that was not related to signing up. Just needed to provide an email.
Thanks! My very aggressive ad blocker blocked it.
such a waste of money and unnecessary
Unless you have unvaccinated kids in school who want to visit elderly grandparents. Good peace of mind.
home testing is not a certain thing, if you truly concern then they should get vaccinated (as long as they meet their age requirement) and/or practice safe measures upon meeting. so, it is not a real peace of mind
Under 12 can’t get vaccinated…
@Savitar: Of course they shouldn't , why would you vaccinate healthy young children they are not at risk, now please don't tell me children need to be vaccinated to protect others.others can protect themselves by getting a vaccine, vaccine works right? so whats the problem?
@sammyla: Do you know kids alresdy get the needle for:
chickenpox (varicella)
diphtheria
influenza
hepatitis B
Hib
measles
meningococcal AWCY
mumps
pneumococcal
polio
rotavirus
rubella
tetanus
whooping cough (pertussis).
There is a reason children are healthy and not dying of polio. Or have you heard those stories of children too young to be vaccinated catching whooping cough?
@klonky: Those vaccines are based on older technology that have proven to be safe for many many years.
There are several papers on lipid nano particles causing toxicity and inflammation in the body.
The vaccines you listed also have about 1000% less adverse events reported than covid vaccines.
@klonky: ok im not an anti vaxxer i do vaccinate my sons when they are due, i have been vaccinated as a child for all above, no one in my family takes yearly flu vaccine so i cant comment on if it works or not, only ever had flu a couple of times. also don't see the point when only 2 strains of flu has vaccines out of 3.
Covid vaccine is in early stages and i like many have doubts about the effectiveness especially now when we are told to have a booster.i believe an antiviral drug is a better alternative till a more effective vaccine is produced.
@klonky: … Apples to Radishes I'm afraid.
Are you aware that none of the scheduled vaccines you've mentioned are mRNA or Viral Vector based? Are you aware that the development period for the above scheduled vaccinations don't number in months, but rather decades before being used en-masse? Are you aware of the missteps i.e.: approval and later withdrawal because of serious adverse reaction? Are you aware of the risk / benefit for each type of vaccine? Be cognizant that there's no one size fits all for risk i.e.: we have never embarked on en-masse use unless there's incredibly high risk. Are you aware of data showing COVID risk to healthy children? I'd be interested in data showing a high level of risk to healthy children to warrant the use.
Opinion - We have embarked on a planet wide vaccination campaign, using a new technology platform, where the manufacturer enjoys an exclusion from liability, where debate (the cornerstone of scientific discourse) is shut down, and where… crucially… lab and clinical trial data are being kept confidential rather than being made openly available for wide scrutiny. Strike anyone as logical or reasonable?
Edit - Oh… just in case anyone thinks that voicing a differing opinion implies I'm an anti-vaxxer. Well don't worry your little minds. I am certainly not. I've taken all my scheduled shots, so have both my little ones. I simply "follow the data". I clearly do not "follow the science (tm)" that's been too misused and abused I'm afraid.
It's still an additional safety barrier.
Rapid antigen tests are used across the world to provide a quick means to filter suspect cases. 80% is better than nothing when a PCR takes a day to produce results.
home testing is not a certain thing,
not certain, but reduces the risk…
Don't take the kids it's still a risk.
Rapid tests didn't work for trump.
And they used much better types.
Probably get the PCR tests then for better peace of mind?
hmm i thought all Grandparents are vaccinated and fully protected? No? ah so the vaccine doesn't work then?
Stop wilfully misunderstanding how the vaccine works
Tell us you don't understand how vaccinations work without actually telling us.
@Schmiddler: No doubt that this person would've been told how they work, they just ignore it. They have made anti-vax a part of their person, hang out in echo chambers on social media and have dug themselves too deep to see that they've been misled.
Try convincing the sheep who line up for boosters.
As opposed to the sheep lining up for the latest from QAnon…
may be just do a bit of research behind who's driving this mass vaccination and whos profiting from it. till then no point in talking to people like you. there is a man who famously said i made 200 billion out of a 10 billion investment in vaccines. go find out who first before acting like a fool.
If u r double vat Ed then why bother?
Dan says you are safe if double jabbed.
Triple
Penta, at least I reckon
Boostas to the moon and back
Until you die
You can still get it and/or be a carrier.
3x jabs a day after meal just to be 1001% sure
Dan says you are safe if double jabbed.
Dan's not a doctor.
Talk to you doctor and they will explain to you that if you a double vaxxed, you can still catch the virus, spread the virus and even die from the virus, but the chances of it happening a very greatly reduced…
From almost a zero to almost a zero. God job!
None of the 9 people that died today were fully vaccinated.
@jv: And the median age of those who untimely died with the horrible virus is 84 years, just a few pathetic years above the life expectancy…
If only they were jabbed, they would have lived 84 more years!
just a few pathetic years above the life expectancy…
even so, their few years are worth more than any anti-vaxxer's…
@jv: But you said they died unvaxxed! Does it not automatically make them anti-vaxxers? So their few years are worth more than any of they own?
Sorry I forgot that being pious should not necessarily make sense to an outsider.
Of course it the unclean unvaxxed killing every living soul around them with their deadly covid rays. Mea culpa, sorry for talking to you, who knows my rays may be transmissible via TCP/IP.
Dan's not a doctor.
Just want to lock up unvaccinated until 2023, so what is he?
Dan is a Dictator mate, didnt you know? a very arrogant one too.
he said " now its all about boosters and new strains" hahaha seems like this whole thing is turning in to a joke.
Hope you still enjoy the joke when and if someone you love dies. If there is anyone, that is…
Haha who said people dying is a joke? the joke is that the vaccine immunity wanes in as little as 4 months yet was rushed out of the lab to administer to billions of people, now do you ever wonder why? probably not, you don't seem like the person who thinks. do you ever wonder who makes money out of selling vaccines? its not free if you didn't know..
nah you need to keep getting jabs so big pharmas can be in business till the end of time, unlimited boosters hahha
You ask a very pertinent question. Our brand spanking new two-tier society is perplexing me. :)
Directions give no actual directions whatsoever.
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UK provides these tests for free, by post. You can get 1 pack of 7 tests a day, if you want.
So why are they chargeable in Australia - wouldn't one of the most effective ways of dealing with the inevitable spike in cases arising from the premature opening of borders be to make it simple for people who might have been exposed to check? People with no symptoms are much more likely to use a test they already have, at home, than go and stand in a queue for hours.
UK provides these tests for free
So do some of the EU countries.
People with no symptoms are much more likely to use a test they already have
Why would you use this test if you had no symptoms and weren't a primary contact of someone with Covid?
In the later case, you are required to get a proper test anyway, so no point in using this…
Unvaccinated grand kids (under 12) visiting nervous grandparents…. Not perfect but a good start…
If the grandparents are fully vaccinated and the kids are not showing any symptoms, the risk is extremely low already. Sure, you can do a rapid test, but it won't really make that much difference. If the state had low vaccination rates though, that would be another story…
The point is when you have no symptoms, and do have cause to think you might have been exposed, but aren't sure. And in particular, catching it early.
A lot of people are not going to go and get a PCR test, but if they already have an antigen test hanging around at home, might use it to check. Upshot is less spread and a lower R number, which is going to be critical going forward. I've tried to track down the impact on R number (a few papers, but nothing definite), but did find this paper which talks about the advantage - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmp2025631
and do have cause to think you might have been exposed
that is pretty much what I said…
If you have don't have symptoms and don't have anything to suggest you might be exposed, there's not much point.
OMG you over analyze.just take it eazy mate.
Because the UK don't provide free PCR tests like Australia does.
We chose to spend on the more accurate and more expensive option. The UK cheaped out.
https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test
Not only free, but you can get the PCR test sent to your home if you don't want to stand in a queue.
I stand corrected
You actually get paid $450 to do the test. So maybe this should be posted as a bargain