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20x JusChek COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test - Oral Fluid (Nasal Swab also available for same price).
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20x JusChek COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test $100 + Shipping @ OzSale
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I just spend $50 on a few tests to take with me overseas for work travel as back up so I am feeling pretty dumb now. It's the cheapest I have ever seen it.
Happens to the best of us :/
Tax deduct it.
Depending on where you're doing they're probably available locally for way less too.
I'm going to US - same price quoted there but I'll be in a relatively remote place for the first half of the trip so I wont have easy access to tests.
Yeah very sad how much everyone got gouged and companies made easy profits from fear and anxiety… Just gross
The fact $100 for these tests is a bargain shows how Morrison/the LNP have let us down.
These tests were free in the UK posted to your home and they are free in some states who have picked up the burden
Good thing government didn't waste tax payers money on this.
Initially it was little bit of supply and demand and panic buying.I never had to buy single one and now I'm getting free, thanks to the government.
It's amazing how many people think things are free if the government pays for them.
It's amazing how the LNP thinks billions of tax payer money is there for rorting and corruption -
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/m…
https://www.crikey.com.au/2021/10/04/who-would-federal-icac-…
It's amazing how many people think neglecting to provide cheap/free preventative methods during a pandemic is more expensive for the taxpayer than excess hospitalisations/excess deaths.
I know this is a bargain site but penny-pinching isn't always the answer.
@snoopydoop: RAT tests were provided free in NSW to all the kids. Total waste of time and money that was, and prevented nothing. RAT tests are not preventative as most people use them when symptomatic and by that time it's too late to prevent spread.
@benny082: You really think across millions of kids and their parents those RAT tests identified and isolated 0% of cases?
School kids are recommended to take them twice a week, even when asymptomatic, by your own logic that's an extremely positive thing, you're catching them before sympomatic. Plus I'd think people are much more likely to test once already symptomatic if it's on their own pocket.
However, it still makes a difference catching people who are already infectious for a few reasons. You can identify their close contacts as positive cases much more quickly, and therefore the close contacts of their close contacts, and so on. This slows or stops entire chains of transmission. Some chains can end up being thousands of cases (much more easily discerned when you think back to when every single case in the country was derived from a single individual). When you consider this, every extra infection you can prevent makes a remarkable difference across a period of weeks/months.
I'd also make the point that the government can get these tests for much cheaper than the consumer can at scale. For example, my parents are well off (and vulnerable), and have purchased over $2000 worth of tests for themselves and those around them since December. This translates to around 130 tests (2 per week for everyone in the family).
If the government can purchase at the same rate as hospitals (likely much better, as their scale is much larger), they'd have received around 600 tests for the same amount of money, if my parents had been taxed $2000 more. That's another ~500 tests that could have been available for free for others from the same buying power - considering my parents are in the highest tax bracket. And it makes literally no difference to my parents' pocket, not that they care. If you're in a position where you're worrying about relatively small potential expenditures that are for clear public good, then usually you're actually standing to benefit from such expenditures. There's plenty of other expenditures which are more substantial, and more questionable, in whether they actually are worthwhile.Considering these tests actually benefit everyone around the person who buys them more than the person buying them - it makes perfect sense for them to be a taxpayer subsidised or funded item. Even if we're to remove empathy from the equation, in Australia, we also foot the bill for the hospitalisations, so it makes even more sense than a place like America.
We're all better off with the more people who are tested when close contacts, or going into risky settings or large events.
@snoopydoop: That entirely depends on the level of threat/severity and hospitalizations. As we have seen one strain can be significantly more dangerous than another. The bigger argument for me is more about the indirect impact it is having on the well being of the health care workers over time, and also the delays for people who need other forms of care/treatment/elective surgery. I think there is some very valid arguments and data coming out now its not always actually the greater good, but sure we all have different views on that.
The other part if me thinks that if we really cared about any of this in a genuine manner we'd of heavily promoted education and awareness for people to improve their actual health in the first place whether it be nutrition, exercise, supplementing for deficiencies, treatment options, when to be concerned etc. Not just treat people like dumb objects and say get jabbed (fwiw, i am).
@Xizor: We are very lucky to be over the hump in most states (at least, until winter as they predict), for the issue of blocking up hospital beds. I'm sure it's still affecting the system in various ways, but it doesn't seem to be in crisis mode anymore.
However, we are still experiencing death at a rate of over 250 people per week. That's a lot of people - picture a 250 person house party. A bad year for flu is 1000 in a year. We're seeing a substantial loss of life, and we are capable of reducing this number, and in very affordable ways which do not impact our lives much at all. Free and easily available tests being a big one. There aren't any significant downsides to these strategies. There has been a significant government failure here which has resulted in many excess deaths, and still continues to, every day.
I agree on your last point, and this should be done more in general, not just during a pandemic. It's not really an argument to reduce spending elsewhere specific to pandemic measures. Infection prevention is still much more effective than nutrition and excercise across the whole population.
There is also a fair bit of funding in schools for that type of education, there could be more, but I do feel like I learnt a fair bit growing up, probably more than my parent's time. Advocating for it in lieu of easy and cheap access to RAT tests isn't really relevant, though.
@snoopydoop: This is so naive, RATs were readily available, free or very cheap in many countries (UK for example), it didn't prevent anything.
Sure would have been great if they were more available but having access to them merely reduces the drain on PCR testing resources, it doesn't some how prevent spread.
@Nebargains: Where are you pulling that from? What comparative data do you have that RAT tests have a 0% reduction in infections? Do you really think that the opinion of epidemiologists is that free and easily available testing is useless?
It's been made clear that it'll be one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal as we stay open.Who would get a PCR before they go out to a festival/nightclub, or their vulnerable friend/relatives place, or to school? I don't see that as realistic.
Just because the UK had a high number of cases during their outbreak doesn't mean that RATs made no difference. They had very different restrictions to us, and you can't just directly compare our case numbers, and make your own unscientific judgements on the effectiveness of that one particular element of their preventative measures.
@snoopydoop: Yes, but (profanity) the gougers.
I held off buying some till I found some that werent price gouged on principle
Someone TL;DR me
@MBix from my understanding it is an argument over whether RATs being free would've prevented loss of life vs unacceptable financial cost for any potential gain from the free RATs
No one talking about vaccinations or boosters yet but the popcorn is getting popped ready for it!
Supply and demand. It's the reason why anything costs as much or as little as it does, except where the government steps in and makes it a public good, which of course Slowmo didn't do when it mattered most. Not to mention if we as a nation were happy to pay $25 per test why didn't our government foresee this a year ago and pre-purchase 100 million of them? If the ALP were in power then the Noalition and News Corp would have ripped them to shreds over all of this and more.
When we got Covid in January I paid $37 for two. It took 5 weeks to ship ☹️
Not always the case everyone (price gouging).
I own a retail store and my cost for tests when I could first get them (in WA) was $51 (excl GST) for a pack of 5. I made very little money on them as I consciously kept the price low. In fact when I sourced the next lot (at $35 excl.) I reduced my sale price and sold some of the first batch below cost.
I don't disagree that someone in the supply chain is making considerable profit but it is not the end seller (well especially the small independent ones).
Yh that's a fair point especially if you've been in the business and are speaking from experience (and as an aside good on you for not price gouging).
Just annoying as the customer to see Australians paying a high premium when citizens of other countries pay a lot less
Will GPU prices go down as quick as RATs?
If you stop mining they will lol.
Why would a GPU laugh out loudly?
It would if it was evil.
i dont know why would a GPU laugh out loudly .?
Anyone in the Bankstown are of Sydney wants some I have a few free for you let me know
These are good for kids. Too bad govt don't supply oral saliva tests for young kids
These don't seem to be on the TGA list
Yes they are TGA high sensitivity rated
https://www.tga.gov.au/covid-19-rapid-antigen-self-tests-are…yeah, I typed it in and it showed, instead of C&P weird lol
Not very high tho :(
Not sure what other options are around at the moment, but I believe difference between high - very high is 90% vs 95%.
I think in most people's cases if they're able to test twice as often at 90% efficacy it might be more beneficial than less often but 95% efficacy.
Crazy, Aldi selling 1 for $11.95
Aldi aren't the saints everyone believes they are
… Depends if you get the East German one or the West German one …..
If anyone needs I have 4-5 packs for free. Each kit has 5 tests in it. Test kits are Nasal ones. I am in Glen Waverley Victoria.
FWIW, last time I bought these from OzSale, said "shipping on 4 Feb", actually shipped about 22nd Feb and arrived this week. YMMV.
I can confirm… Same thing happened for us. It may have been related to the rail flooding issues of last month though.
We are in WA.
Yeah I am from the great nation of Westralia too. Transport challenges true, but I just don't think they were shipped on time either. They'd devalued a lot by the time they arrived.
I just don't trust their "ships on" date.
Getting closer to the real retail price of these kits which shound have been under $3 each. Imagine the profits Chemist Warehouse made from the government scheme to give 'free' RATs to pensioners.
Anyone know how to tell if they’ll detect Omicron strain? I sent this link to my sister and that’s her question… 🤷🏼♀️
No these don't. I got caught out by this only last week! COVID-19 RAT Approved Omicron Detection.
For Omicron detection you need to buy RATs that are about $20-25. The list is at that link.I think this is satire but the link doesn't work
Look at the full URL and your question is answered.
TGA website suggests it is effective for Delta and omicron
https://www.tga.gov.au/post-market-review-antigen-and-rapid-…
Glad i haven't had a need / forced to buy these things. Waste of money i could spend on eneloops and bog roll.
Cheaper here…https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/686740
This one you split into the tube rather than nasal swab.
Easier for kids.
use this to check whether TGA approved…
https://www.tga.gov.au/covid-19-rapid-antigen-self-tests-are…Western Australia shipping fee is $10.95.
Maybe someone can confirm. I saw these same tests at the front counter at Reject Shop Ashfield NSW. There was no price tag but I asked the operator and he said they were $5 each. On their website, it says $12 though. They also had All Test nasal tests at the front counter too.
These are so 2021
i have too many RAT kits
Yep same. Sigh i took a punt on an obz deal.. now feel ripped off
The test is intended for use in symptomatic individuals meeting the case definition for COVID-19 within the first 7 days of symptom onset.
If you are symptomatic you would then be entitled to free testing kit/s from a testing clinic or to get a free pcr test.
You only really need to buy kits if you intend to travel or are a business.
You only really need to buy kits if you intend to travel or are a business.
Or, if the day you start feeling sick, you don't feel like driving out to get a kit. Or it's at night and the clinics are closed.
It's like keeping some paracetomol at home - you can drive to a store to buy some when you have a headache, but it's more convenient to just have some at home.
6 members of my family (all separate all over the country, used different brands) have all taken RATs that came back negative. Knew they must have covid and went to get PCR tested. All PCR's came back positive. RATs are useless.
That's right, they're a fad from last year
For omicron all these RAT are a waste of money
Omnicron is the only strain now
Nah not true. I've avoided being exposed to COVID multiple times due to RAT tests being done.
Good sheeple! Keep getting rorted with the prices of these RATs. It's been a lucrative business venture!
I got today mine order from wednesday .Mine is Nasal Swab
Goes to show just how much price gouging went on earlier… And these probably still will fall further in price.