My colleagues and I wrote 7 Dec an open letter to State/Fed asking for rapid antigen testing of every incoming travellers without exception. Better late than never. Qantas crew member tests Covid-positive theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Australian health officials scramble after Qantas crew member tests Covid-positive

Crew member arrived in Darwin from Paris and then flew to Sydney without being tested or quarantined

theguardian.com

Dec 23, 2020 · 8:18 PM UTC

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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1 @phbarratt
Did you receive a response to your advice? If so, did the response give you a plan and time frame to complete - or were you and your colleagues ignored?
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Only silence. I now hear third hand Qantas crew will have a rapid saliva trst. Still silence on immediate testing of travellers or daily testing quarantine staff
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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
ML you are up against it. Please talk to Chant & get her to step up when she hears dangerous & medically incorrect info being disseminated. Love your work💗
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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
I realise there are several antigen tests, but sources like pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3248… say e.g. Coris COVID-19 Ag Respi-Strip only has a sensitivity of 30.2% Surely that’s not enough to give confidence that someone is not infected.

Low performance of rapid antigen detection test as frontline testing for COVID-19 diagnosis - PubMed

Higher viral loads are associated with better antigen detection rates. Unfortunately, the overall poor sensitivity of the COVID-19 Ag Respi-Strip does not allow using it alone as the frontline...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1 @phbarratt
We have great home grown technology too #Ellume
Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
Excellent news
ABC Melbourne @abcmelbourne
23 Dec 2020
Victoria ends hotel quarantine exemption for international airline crews abc.net.au/news/2020-12-24/v…
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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
What do you think of NSW Premier's proclamation y'day that under 12s don't carry or transmit virus & using that as a reason 2 relax number of people gathering, just for 3 days though?
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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
NZ has been testing returning kiwi aircrew for months. Oz govts like to wait so they can take their usual restive approach - it’s much too hard for them to be proactive, apparently.
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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1 @CorruptNSW
You would think that was a no brainer! But apparantly not Sheer blind luck that #nsw has not had a massive outbreak
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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
Did state/fed officials/politicians provide a response as to why your recommendation was not progressing in December? After all,your articles re Infection Prevention/Epidemiological/Health safety re masks published in peer reviewed journals is well known/respected Mary-Louise.
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