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I was a bit sceptical of this (I mean its on Twitter), so I hunted around and found something..
According to Australian Doctors News its true in at least two states.
Mick
I was a bit sceptical of this (I mean its on Twitter), so I hunted around and found something..Can neither confirm not deny... Comments?
MickGPs could face fines up to $20,000 for improper use of coronavirus serology tests aer at least two states have prohibited their use for diagnostic purposes.
Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced last month that the Federal Government had secured 1.5 million of the point-of-care tests to be used in general practices in the fight against COVID-19.
"They will allow us to assist with greater testing of health workers themselves to give them the confidence and — where appropriate — patients," he said at the time. The tests, given fast-track approval by the TGA, detect IgM and IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 from venous or fingerprick blood samples placed on a test strip. While they can produce results in about 15-30 minutes, experts have raised concerns about false-negative rates and warn they are unreliable for detection of acute COVID-19. The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia on Wednesday warned the tests had a “fundamental limitation” because antibodies could take up to 12 days to develop, long aer a person becomes infectious. Instead, PCR tests, which detect fragments of the virus and have been used in Australia so far, should continue to be the diagnostic gold-standard test, it says.
Now, two states have used emergency powers to prohibit anyone from using a point-of-care serological test as an acute illness diagnostic tool. The tests are due to arrive "within days", according to the Federal Government. In WA, GPs who oer the tests can be fined up to $20,000, while companies face fines of up to $100,000 under the state’s Public Health Act. The WA Department of Health said they made the declaration because of concerns about the “serious limitations” of the tests, which oered an “unacceptable risk” of community transmission due to false negatives. Health oicials stressed that the serological tests could be used as a screening tool for people aer they have had the infection or for the purpose of public health research. SA also announced a ban on Thursday, with oicials declaring that use of the tests “may adversely aect the prevention, control and abatement of the serious public health risk presented by COVID-19”. The State Government said the ban would apply to anyone outside SA Pathology employees or public health services, with police able to issue fines of up to $1000 to GPs and $5000 to companies that ordered the test.
The UAP is on track to have the most membership of any party at this stage. These guys are just grifters. But I'd probably vote them just as a protest vote against the idiots now.A different perspective on Craig Kelly and his campaign as Freedom Fighter.
In defence of Craig Kelly, freedom fighter - The Shot
What most of us don’t realise, because we’re sheeple, is that we’re being lied to.theshot.net.au
Agreed, and exactly how I am thinking at the moment. Either UAP or lib dems depending who I think will have the greatest chance to stick it up the establishment at the timeThe UAP is on track to have the most membership of any party at this stage. These guys are just grifters. But I'd probably vote them just as a protest vote against the idiots now.
Yeah, nah!A remake on the old VB ad for Covid
Kelly seems to be garnering a big loon base. If you want a shake up, put the loons in charge that have a "Born Free" leaning membership.Agreed, and exactly how I am thinking at the moment. Either UAP or lib dems depending who I think will have the greatest chance to stick it up the establishment at the time
You do realise it ivermectin has been a human medicine for several decades?but wait, there's....
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I think he is only trolling you Wayne,You do realise it ivermectin has been a human medicine for several decades?
you do realise that when you invoke the horse dewormer argument that you make yourself look like an absolute idiot and propagandist.
Ivermectin in correct dose does not cause sterilisation, so f*** off idiot.
No doubt, macca.I think he is only trolling you Wayne,
It is a known fact that the drug is one of the few drugs that has won a Nobel Prize and has saved millions of lives.
Then again if anyone does not know that then there is no hope for the world as we know it
You do realise it ivermectin has been a human medicine for several decades?
you do realise that when you invoke the horse dewormer argument that you make yourself look like an absolute idiot and propagandist.
Ivermectin in correct dose does not cause sterilisation, so f*** off idiot.
Let me just stop right there. Any study that concludes that a drug is 100% effective is very suspect right off the bat. Why? Almost nothing in medicine is 100% effective, and a claim of 100% efficacy would be far higher than the known efficacy of treatments that have been demonstrated to be extremely efficacious. As our friend Meyerowitz-Katz put it in his article on the topic:For anti-vaccine activists, the clinical trial results couldn’t have been better. The drug ivermectin, scientists in Argentina announced last year, prevented 100% of COVID-19 infections.
That glowing finding helped spark a craze for the decades-old medication, which is normally used to delouse people and deworm livestock, and drive the perception that it is a silver bullet against the pandemic.
| Official Title: | A Phase 1 First-in-Human Dose Escalation and Expansion Study for the Evaluation of Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Anti-tumor Activity of SAR441000 Administered Intratumorally as Monotherapy and in Combination With Cemiplimab in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors |
| Official Title: | A Phase 1, Randomized, First-in-human, Open-label Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of eOD-GT8 60mer mRNA Vaccine (mRNA-1644) and Core-g28v2 60mer mRNA Vaccine (mRNA-1644v2-Core) in HIV-1 Uninfected Adults in Good General Health |
I can't imagine this is not also happening in other lockdown areas in NSW.COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar said restrictions have tightened around where Melburnians can go to get vaccinated.
"You cannot go to regional Victoria for a vaccination," he said, speaking to metropolitan residents.
"You cannot go to regional Victoria for a test.
"It's a really clear rule."
Previously, the rules were not this explicit, although Mr Weimar said people were never encouraged to travel long distances for a test or vaccine if it could be avoided.
"We've never wanted to see people going huge lengths to go and get vaccinated three hours away from their home," he said.
On September 6, GV Health confirmed a report there was "a large group from Melbourne" at the McIntosh Centre the week prior.
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