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@canefan I have a weekly meeting near the testing facility, last Wednesday there was 1 person waiting to be tested.
I spoke to a client on Monday, whose friend, was ill, and when he went to the Dr, they kept trying to test him for Covid, even though he was adamant he didnt have it, 2 weeks later (2 Covid Tests and they wanted to do a 3rd) visited Dr again he was rushed into hospital (not covid) 10 day stay.
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Over here in Sydney I think I'm the only one within a friend group of roughly 10 not to be tested yet. They have drive in and walk up tests now which are completely open - no Drs appointment needed, just rock up. One hypochondriac friend of mine has been tested 3 times now.
Funnily enough I've been sickest out of all of them, but it was at the start of Covid when they weren't testing as much it was almost impossible to get one.
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I got tested this morning, coincidentally. I had a bit of a phlegmy throat and have had a flu vaccination so counted that out. My GP won't see me for any symptoms like that unless I've had a test, so I called the Healthline people first thing yesterday. They were very pleasant, took some details and said I met the criteria for testing, and they'd get someone to call to arrange it. A nurse called mid afternoon and asked me some more questions, if you don't have symptoms you're not getting tested apparently. Since I had a couple she arranged for a test at 11 this morning. There was a line of about 7 cars in front of me even with timed appointments. The security guy, who was very chatty, said they are pushing through about 300 tests a day at that location.
I'm not to expect results until Friday, so if Im positive 4 days will have passed between me calling and getting the results. Seems kinda long.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
I spoke to a client on Monday, whose friend, was ill, and when he went to the Dr, they kept trying to test him for Covid, even though he was adamant he didnt have it, 2 weeks later (2 Covid Tests and they wanted to do a 3rd) visited Dr again he was rushed into hospital (not covid) 10 day stay.
Covid blinkers! I guess when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail.
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I know Baron is no longer around, but I'll just leave this here....
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12340756
I hate being right
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Not sure why this is an issue...
IMO, people should be restricted to thier rooms for as much of the 14 days as possible, that is the best way to reduce internal transmission of it as well.
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Another case caught in Isolation.
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@taniwharugby Good, caught where it should be caught
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look at those test numbers in the last month, yesterday with the highest single day number of tests, based on articles on Stuff today (brilliant sauce BTW) and what I saw here we might go over 10k in tests today
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@taniwharugby What is driving it? Paranoia, relaxation of testing eligibility criteria? Certainly things hotted up after news of the escapees hit
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@canefan I'd say paranoia is part of it, particularly after last week.
Plus, we have now been out and about for a couple of weeks, normal cold/flu bugs spreading, so people are being cautious when not feeling well.
Managing these isolation facilites is now even more important, and I think to slow the flow of people coming back, they need to start charging them, I think numbers would slow if people knew they would have to pay for 2 weeks accomodation, whereas now, they come back, stay in a hotel (albeit in isolation) for free.
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Managing these isolation facilites is now even more important, and I think to slow the flow of people coming back, they need to start charging them, I think numbers would slow if people knew they would have to pay for 2 weeks accomodation, whereas now, they come back, stay in a hotel (albeit in isolation) for free.
I think we may even find the opposite. The bottle neck at the border is the limited number of quarantine places themselves, if people could pay for their own (appropriately managed! ) quarantine, and in doing so they could increase capacity, there'd be even more people coming back in. (The vast majority of arrivals at the moment are still returning citizens)
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@Donsteppa I dont think there should be quarantine options...you stay at this place, maybe the Govt agree a rate and say you pay $X for 14 days
Or maybe this is a new tourism opportunity- Quarantine tours
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@canefan GPs are being cautious and referring anyone reporting symptoms for a test, and unsurprisingly at the start of cold and flu season a lot of people are reporting symptoms. A lot of employers are also being very cautious and asking employees to stay at home if they’re ill and get a test. I’m not sure how sustainable that is TBH, there must be a lot of people who’ve run out of sick leave by now.
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@Donsteppa said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Managing these isolation facilites is now even more important, and I think to slow the flow of people coming back, they need to start charging them, I think numbers would slow if people knew they would have to pay for 2 weeks accomodation, whereas now, they come back, stay in a hotel (albeit in isolation) for free.
I think we may even find the opposite. The bottle neck at the border is the limited number of quarantine places themselves, if people could pay for their own (appropriately managed! ) quarantine, and in doing so they could increase capacity, there'd be even more people coming back in. (The vast majority of arrivals at the moment are still returning citizens)
Congratulations, you’re the new Minister of Tourism
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@JC said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Donsteppa said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Managing these isolation facilites is now even more important, and I think to slow the flow of people coming back, they need to start charging them, I think numbers would slow if people knew they would have to pay for 2 weeks accomodation, whereas now, they come back, stay in a hotel (albeit in isolation) for free.
I think we may even find the opposite. The bottle neck at the border is the limited number of quarantine places themselves, if people could pay for their own (appropriately managed! ) quarantine, and in doing so they could increase capacity, there'd be even more people coming back in. (The vast majority of arrivals at the moment are still returning citizens)
Congratulations, you’re the new Minister of Tourism
I had work visa holders and split families in mind, but maybe some keen skiers from Aussie
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Our youngest isn’t well at the moment, in fact both our girls are sick. Miss 8 is worse, last week complained of a sore throat then woke us up in the night vomiting the poor thing. Took her to the GP was no drama, they think it’s strep throat. Seemed to be coming right but then a couple days ago out of the blue vomited a few more times. Now her face is swollen and red and has a rash in some areas.
I took her myself to the same GP yesterday, this time they required her to come into the doctors wearing a face and seemed more cautious.
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