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[WA] Free: COVID-19 RATs at Westfield Booragoon Shopping Centre (a.k.a. Garden City), Midland Gate & elsewhere @ WA Government

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[WA] Free: COVID-19 RATs at Westfield Booragoon Shopping Centre (a.k.a. Garden City), Midland Gate & elsewhere @ WA Government
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frozenchicken on 02/12/2022 - 04:12 files.ozbargain.com.au (1829 clicks)
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The pop-up counter is next to Woolies in Westfield Booragoon Shopping Centre (a.k.a. Garden City).

Grab and go. As many as you want. No questions asked.

Comes in bundles of ten. Nasal swab version only.

Details

All locations:

Date Location Morning Afternoon Evening
Tue 29 Nov Westfield Booragoon ✓ ✓
Midland Gate ✓ ✓
Wed 30 Nov Westfield Booragoon ✓ ✓
Midland Gate ✓ ✓
Thu 1 Dec Westfield Booragoon ✓ ✓ ✓
Midland Gate ✓ ✓ ✓
Fri 2 Dec Westfield Booragoon ✓ ✓
Midland Gate ✓ ✓
Sat 3 Dec Westfield Booragoon ✓ ✓
Midland Gate ✓ ✓
Perth Train Station ✓
Elizabeth Quay Station ✓
Sun 4 Dec Westfield Booragoon ✓ ✓
Midland Gate ✓ ✓

Health & Beauty COVID-19 Test Rapid Antigen Test

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  • Yve on 02/12/2022 - 05:32
    +3

    Hey, that’s pretty good

  • silenthillrocks on 02/12/2022 - 06:08
    +40

    Booked a flight to Perth. This bargain is to good to miss.

    • chyawala on 02/12/2022 - 07:50
      -3

      Is that you Broden?

  • franco cozzo on 02/12/2022 - 06:17
    +13

    get em before theyre landfill!!!

    • Danstar on 02/12/2022 - 06:39
      +13

      Wasn't too long ago people were fighting/queueing/spending big bucks to get their hands on these.

      • franco cozzo on 02/12/2022 - 06:57
        +1

        …good times!

      • Royale with cheese on 02/12/2022 - 07:30
        +13

        See, their morals, their code… it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you, when the chips are down, these… these civilized people? They'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster, I'm just ahead of the curve.

        (RIP The Joker, Heath Ledger)

        • King Steuart on 02/12/2022 - 08:24
          +2

          Ah yes DC villains are always right

      • Casey Jones on 02/12/2022 - 10:05
        -1

        How to say your IQ is 80 without saying it

      • 1st-Amendment on 02/12/2022 - 15:06
        -1

        Wasn't too long ago people were fighting/queueing/spending big bucks to get their hands on these.

        A valuable lesson in irrational behaviour of people in groups…

      • Bretttick on 03/12/2022 - 23:52
        -1

        Not all people, still makes me laugh even at this stage the stupidity. We should all know by now what COVID is, no need to test but people must like it 🤣

  • try2bhelpful on 02/12/2022 - 07:19
    +1

    Just a guess these are going to be pretty short dated.

    • Jackson on 02/12/2022 - 09:43

      Use one every day just in case…

    • incipient on 02/12/2022 - 10:42

      They were handing some out recently and were dated August 23.not great not terrible.

      • Gareth on 02/12/2022 - 11:44
        +1

        I expect so, we have boxes and boxes of these to give out from ECU - supplied by WA Govt, all Aug 2023 expiry.

  • franco cozzo on 02/12/2022 - 08:02
    +12

    No questions asked. Comes in bundles of tens.

    they know their target market well….

  • Mokr on 02/12/2022 - 08:27
    +1

    Amazon also have them at less than a dollar

  • kungfuman on 02/12/2022 - 08:48

    yeah I need about 100 of these with the covid spreading happening in QLD by inconsiderate people that WON'T SAY HOME WHEN THEY ARE SICK!!!

    • franco cozzo on 02/12/2022 - 08:50
      +12

      its a pandemic of the unvaccinated!!!

      • AussieDolphin on 02/12/2022 - 16:34
        +4

        Really? What’s your source? From the data I’m privy to it’s the other way round!!!

        Look at the data for NSW and then come back and tell me if you stand back that comment which by the way is the same words that were spouted on TV!

        • cashews on 02/12/2022 - 16:59

          Can you share your data?

        • digitalbath on 02/12/2022 - 17:00
          -1

          So your source is saying that it's all the vaccinated people spreading it? That's just as idiotic as saying only the unvaccinated are spreading it.

          • AussieDolphin on 02/12/2022 - 22:37
            +2

            @digitalbath: You misunderstood. The data clearly shows the jabbed are filling the hospitals and many do not walk out!

          • AussieDolphin on 03/12/2022 - 16:11
            +2

            @digitalbath: No that’s not what I said. Go onto NSW health and see the data then it just might make sense. Anyone can spread it that’s obvious. But my point is the injections do not protect from infection or transmission. This is fact! Pfizer even admitted this eventually.

            • robredo on 03/12/2022 - 19:06
              +1

              @AussieDolphin: Even without them admitting it, the clinical trials (which I doubt many here actually looked at), did not show the mRNA jabs prevented infection or transmission.

            • robredo on 03/12/2022 - 19:08
              +1

              @AussieDolphin: Anyone unconvinced about the ineffectiveness of the jabs should probably do some research and stop believing everything media and the government tells them. https://youtu.be/vw7YXUZ1SL0

            • Ughhh on 03/12/2022 - 20:05
              -1

              @AussieDolphin: Wait, are you saying that the vaccine doesnt form a protective shield around you so viruses bounce off it?

    • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 08:52
      +5

      Here here.

      I understand the covid paranoia easing is a good thing.

      But with the recent links to cognitive risks, and the fact that testing is still free at any of the drive throughs…

      I just dont get the absolute complacency.

      People who go to work/shops with regular flu are the same IMO. Just selfish.

      • PainToad on 02/12/2022 - 09:04

        I just dont get the absolute complacency.

        Most Australians are selfish pricks. It’s that simple. “Living with Covid” wasn’t meant to be pretend it disappears and ignore the ongoing deaths.

        Japan has the right idea. They are living normal lifes, just wearing masks indoors.

        But Japan is a modern, urbanised and well educated country. Australia on the other hand…

        • franco cozzo on 02/12/2022 - 10:16
          +1

          But Japan is a modern, urbanised and well educated country. Australia on the other hand…

          that sounds a bit racist!!

          • kungfuman on 02/12/2022 - 12:07
            +1

            @franco cozzo: its not racist when its true, most Australias are selfish pricks.

        • R4 on 02/12/2022 - 10:58
          +2

          'But Japan is a modern, urbanised and well educated country. Australia on the other hand…'

          ….is a modern, urbanised and well educated country.

        • kungfuman on 02/12/2022 - 12:00
          -3

          100% agree especially those Sydney pricks who infected Australia to begin with. Here's a stat for you the vax kills more people than people that contract covid and die, they don't want you to know this because it will damage business meaning pharmacuticals and govenments.

          • raybies on 02/12/2022 - 12:20
            +3

            @kungfuman: Dude, don't rattle the sheep cages, you know they reach for their safe buttons.

          • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 12:27
            +2

            @kungfuman: Thats instantly disproven by basic percentages.
            97.3% of our entire population is vaccinated.
            The original COVID strain had roughly a 1% kill rate.

            If you claim was true, we'd need to see MORE than 250450 deaths from the Vaccine alone.
            Australia saw a total of 171469 deaths in the year 2021 from any cause whatsoever.

            I'm not here to debate 'vaccine good vaccine bad', just that your statement is totally impossible.

            • kungfuman on 02/12/2022 - 15:36
              +5

              @MasterScythe: where do you think you statistic comes from? you really think your being told the truth and you source is trust worthy? the number released to the public are not correct there are serveral numbers not included in that death rate, and there is serveral unreport cases of deaths related to the vax there is no way of truely knowing how big the damage is without accurate figures. We could Sh4t out numbers all day, it won't make up for the number of unexplained deaths that keep happening due to the covid vax. I am all for vacciation when it works. This vax was tested for 2 years there is no way of knowing the effects of a vax over many body types and long term affects. There many testimonials from actual doctors red flaging the vax, all of whcih got shut down and pushed to the side, because it doesnt' fit in with what the government wants. Asking questions is what we shoudl all be doing to vertify facts, and question the motives of our governments.

              • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 17:43
                -3

                @kungfuman: I'm sorry, most of your statements contradict themselves.

                For example, you claim "excess deaths" but you claim the death numbers aren't accurate, so how can you know they're excess?
                Those aren't VACCINE death numbers I've used, they're country-wide, from an infection, to an axe murderer.

                You mistakenly said this vaccine has only been around for 2 years, when you should have said 20, since its previous human trials were against SARS and MERS (which was public, I followed it closely), with RNA even earlier.
                Admittedly, they did change the target. I conced that makes it 'modified', but it certainly doesn't invalidate the testing of the formula that came before it as a whole.

                You also claim doctors have been silenced, which is always a very interesting claim.
                If you've studied psychology, even at an introductory level, the sort of people drawn to healthcare fields and medical study, are, broadly speaking, ethical and moral.
                No government on earth had enough 'spare change' to buy the testimonials of near every doctor, virologist, immunologist, and beurocrat on the planet.
                Once again, I concede there are indeed a few who claim to 'know better' but, red flag, practically all stand alone.

                There's a very apt saying in this world;
                Any professional who doesn't have the respect of his peers, can't be trusted.

                Be it a dodgy builder, a shady car salesman, or a corrupt politician; the second their own peers turn on them, it's a red flag; and none of the outcasts you mention have managed to get wide approval from their peers.

                • franco cozzo on 02/12/2022 - 18:45
                  +4

                  @MasterScythe: and yet: Anthony Fauci.

                  • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 18:53
                    -3

                    @franco cozzo: Fair; Im not a fan of the fella.
                    But from what Ive seen he was honest before the trump administration. And his peer support did drop while he was potm; So take from that what you will.

            • AussieDolphin on 02/12/2022 - 16:38
              +4

              @MasterScythe: You repeated what the ABC said! They lie 99% of the time! Yes the unjabbed are the minority! Shocked so many think they’re still vaccinated when the injections do not stop infection or transmission for a fact!

              • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 17:44
                +1

                @AussieDolphin:

                You repeated what the ABC said!

                I've not watched TV since I was a child, so I'll take your word on it.
                At least they're able to extract basic data accurately then.
                I'd heard people screaming they were lying and covering things up; but if they're just using basic maths to prove impossible claims are impossible, thats reassuring.

          • morecoffeeplease on 02/12/2022 - 12:31
            +1

            @kungfuman: It's miasma that's killing everyone, do the research.

          • Eeples on 03/12/2022 - 00:05
            +1

            @kungfuman: Aluminium foil is on sale at Coles.

          • robredo on 03/12/2022 - 19:21

            @kungfuman: Not sure why you’re getting downvoted mate. https://www.bitchute.com/video/JBmMFfpC28ok/?utm_source=subs…

        • 1st-Amendment on 02/12/2022 - 15:07
          +3

          Most Australians are selfish pricks. It’s that simple

          And you demanding where I can go and when because of your own irrational fears is not selfish?
          Wake up to yourself.

          Japan has the right idea. They are living normal lifes, just wearing masks indoors.

          Japan's 7 day rolling death rate is almost double that of Australia (143 vs 16. 5x more people, but 9x more deaths). Stay away from this topic, you clearly have no idea what you are talking about..

          • try2bhelpful on 02/12/2022 - 17:21

            @1st-Amendment: You need to look at the fact we are coming into summer when they are going into winter. if you look at the graphs then the worst time for deaths is in Winter.

            https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deat…

            This is July 13, 2022
            Japan = 118 deaths in the last 7 days
            Australia = 312 deaths in the last 7 days

            You also need to look at the average age of the population. Japan has a population where the median age is higher.

            It is not possible to do a direct comparison you can, only do it by looking at the graph averages over time.

            I have no idea why people have to be rude when they make a comment.

      • try2bhelpful on 02/12/2022 - 09:07
        +2

        I couldn’t believe the Codral ads. “Soldier on” so you can spread your disease to other people?

        Hopefully people are a bit more considerate of others. If you are sick then WFH, if you can. Otherwise just take sick leave.

        • PainToad on 02/12/2022 - 09:08
          +3

          Those solider on ads made me so angry even before COVID.

          • franco cozzo on 02/12/2022 - 10:17

            @PainToad: those soldiers in ukraine even more so…why wont they just give peace a chance!!?

            • Royale with cheese on 02/12/2022 - 10:44
              +1

              @franco cozzo: One could say the same about other countries where America has been in recent decades in the name of weapons of mass destruction i.e. oil. Its a war for world domination with different views from both sides. No one is innocent.

            • try2bhelpful on 02/12/2022 - 11:06

              @franco cozzo: I don't feed trolls.

      • raybies on 02/12/2022 - 12:17

        I haven't been to work in years… haven't been sick for years either…

    • greennick on 02/12/2022 - 11:31
      +5

      I don't get why you are downvoted. This is just as annoying for the flu and other viruses easily spread through the air. If people are sick they should stay home, not be a hero and come into the office or whatever else they had planned.

  • brenwildman on 02/12/2022 - 08:54

    Keep spreading fear

    • Splashtash on 02/12/2022 - 08:57

      Bah ~

    • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 09:04
      -1

      Why do you want that?

      At least they're spreading a level of self reassurance with free RAT tests.

      • spudgun on 02/12/2022 - 09:12
        +13

        They're as accurate as tossing a coin. Myself and kids all had the exact same symptoms at the same time, but only one of us tested positive with these after multiple attempts. This is a similar experience I hear from friends, colleagues and family.

        When you think of how much they were charging for these early on…what a massive scam.

        • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 09:20
          +2

          They're as accurate as tossing a coin

          Ive seen (and experienced) better than that, more like the 70%'s; but even if I take your word on it, thats not bad then.

          50% of the people informed is better than zero.

          • Danstar on 02/12/2022 - 09:24
            +3

            @MasterScythe:

            50% of the people informed is better than zero.

            How so? If you're sick you're sick. What difference will it make if an inaccurate test says it's covid or not ?

            • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 09:32
              +7

              @Danstar: Because not all sickness is contagious.

              And being informed about what treatment to (possibly) seek, and the level of care around others you need to take, is a good thing.

              Its just simple statistics; any percent above zero, being informed, results in less wild pathogen.

          • wisdomtooth on 02/12/2022 - 11:26

            @MasterScythe:

            50% of the people informed is better than zero.

            No, it's not; it's just noise.

            • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 12:08
              +4

              @wisdomtooth: What?!
              Even in basic first aid training you learn that being able to isolate 50% of a contagion is better than 0%.

              • wisdomtooth on 02/12/2022 - 14:45
                +1

                @MasterScythe: That's not what a 50% false positive or negative is. In fact, your initial statement is also false; if the test is a coin toss, it doesn't mean "50% are informed"; it means 100% are uninformed, as the test has zero correlation with actual infection.

                • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 17:51
                  +1

                  @wisdomtooth:

                  That's not what a 50% false positive or negative is.

                  Of course not, but nobody ever claimed that, so it's not relevant.

                  I think you've misread the testing data is all.
                  Results showed 50% (actually closer to 80; but lets use your numbers) accurate for positive outcomes.
                  Testing a negative patient is incredibly accurate.

          • 1st-Amendment on 02/12/2022 - 15:17

            @MasterScythe:

            50% of the people informed is better than zero.

            Oh dear, that is not how reliability works…
            If the test is only 50% reliable, then 0% of the people are informed since no-one knows if they have an accurate result or not. Think about it just a little bit next time…

            • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 17:49

              @1st-Amendment: It is, you're misinterpreting the testing of the devices.
              The test isn't innacurate as a whole, only the positive result..
              A healthy person will test negative almost all of the time

              • wisdomtooth on 02/12/2022 - 18:10

                @MasterScythe: Aside from the false negatives…

                • infected ≠ unhealthy

                In fact, infected + not ill = the very definition of healthy (i.e. resilient to disease). So, if "a healthy person will test negative almost all of the time," that's even more reason to distrust the test, as you're saying it will give false negatives to infected symptomless people "almost all of the time." Therefore, the test is nothing, and the symptoms are everything.

                • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 18:30
                  +1

                  @wisdomtooth: False negatives, exactly. Thank you.
                  People are assuming the test as a whole is inaccurate, when its only one of the possible outcomes that is.
                  And the accuracy of said specific outcome, is still WELL above zero.

                  In fact, infected + not ill = the very definition of healthy

                  Absolutely.
                  Is is however, not the definition of infectious.
                  The easiest similie to draw on are STD's.
                  I have a friend who is HIV positive, but feels 'great', I'm still not going bareback with them, regardless of how they feel.

              • 1st-Amendment on 03/12/2022 - 09:24

                @MasterScythe:

                It is, you're misinterpreting the testing of the devices.

                No I'm not, I do this for a living, I'm very familiar with how it works.

                The test isn't innacurate as a whole, only the positive result..

                Lol, so it's not inaccurate except for when it's inaccurate? And this qualifies as 'reliable' to you? Good one…

  • Supercool on 02/12/2022 - 08:55
    +6

    Pretty sure us sandgropers have already paid for these..

    And now we also pay an hourly rate for some wally to hand them out.

    • greennick on 02/12/2022 - 11:36
      +2

      At least the government paid bugger all for them in comparison to what pharmacies were charging. It was very effective in helping people be able to test without thinking about the cost so we could get back to normal.

      • Danstar on 02/12/2022 - 11:41

        How did the RATS get us back to normal?

  • cunningdrew on 02/12/2022 - 09:05
    +8

    Free RAT's to test a version of the virus that no longer exists. Good deal. This is like a free bumper for an XF Falcon.

    • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 09:15
      +4

      It tests for an active antigen, not the virus; its still significantly better than zero percent.

      Ill take any of the population being informed, please.

    • greennick on 02/12/2022 - 11:40
      +9

      Tell me you don't know how RATs work without telling me you don't know how RATs work.

    • Charity on 02/12/2022 - 20:06

      XF Falcon bumpers were made in good faith and an example of Australian ingenuity. RAT's will be a symbol of authoritarianism, idiocy and will be stain on human history in due time.

  • spudgun on 02/12/2022 - 09:09
    +1

    "Free"

    • Plimsol on 02/12/2022 - 09:30
      +2

      “You don’t have to pay for it, unlike other places”

      • xoom on 02/12/2022 - 09:31
        +2

        What spudgun is saying is someone invariably pays for it.

        • Plimsol on 02/12/2022 - 09:33
          +5

          Isn’t that how almost all free things work? I find it weird that this concept is just being discovered on OzBargain.

        • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 09:36
          +4

          Sure, cant argue that, but we can't undo the past.

          If you feel sorry that scomo made businesses (or in this case, wholesalers) purchase them out of their own pocket, I dunno, slip them a $50 or something.

          Focusing on mistakes rather than noting them, then moving forward just creates bitterness.

          • xoom on 02/12/2022 - 09:38

            @MasterScythe: Better yet. Let support these businesses by going to them and be their customers. They need us more than ever.

            A local pub near my work is so dead. Like hardly a soul in it most days. Heres hoping the xmas period brings in more patrons back.

            We are having our team lunch there. This is us doing our bit

            • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 09:42
              +3

              @xoom: I mean, sure.

              But Im not following how thats related to 'who paid for RATs' in the past.

              Sounds like a cultural issue too though; in QLD, Ive not seen a single pub with more than standing room after 'knockoff time'.

              • xoom on 02/12/2022 - 09:45

                @MasterScythe: You said something about slipping the business a $50 for having be made to purchase RATs.

                My simple suggestion was buy something off them. Use their services. Buy their goods.

                • MasterScythe on 02/12/2022 - 09:50
                  +1

                  @xoom: Ah OK, in QLD our pubs didn't purchase rats is all, so I missed the link, sorry.

                  But why? So the tax man gets a cut?

                  As a business owner, I'll take something as a gift over a sale, any day.

                  • xoom on 02/12/2022 - 09:53

                    @MasterScythe: Well not everyone has the luxury of just slipping just any business a $50.

                    Maybe a tip then?

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