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

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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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Replying to @bainbridgebrown @phbarratt
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

Dec 26, 2020 · 10:59 PM UTC

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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1 @phbarratt
Thank you for your response. I find it disturbing when experts give their advice that the politicians are not held responsible to take the required action to keep the community safe.
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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1 @bainbridgebrown @phbarratt
Poor show on their part. Have we got stocks of antigen tests? Which?  BD Veritor Rapid antigen detection test, demonstrates a "higher concordance of antigen-positive test results with presence of cultured, infectious virus compared to RT-PCR" Better predictor of contagiousness?
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