Big drop in cases today, mainly Auckland. I wonder if they were right saying Auckland may have peaked.

vexxxboy:

 

Big drop in cases today, mainly Auckland. I wonder if they were right saying Auckland may have peaked.

 

"Additionally, public health officials consider that one possible reason for the decrease in cases could be related to people not self-reporting Rapid Antigen Test results."

You won't know the peak until you have passed it.. but self reporting adds extra uncertainty..... Hospitalisations are probably the best proxy at the moment, but they will be a lagging indicator.... 

Basically we're flying a bit blind for the next week or so....

wellygary:

 

vexxxboy:

 

Big drop in cases today, mainly Auckland. I wonder if they were right saying Auckland may have peaked.

 

 

"Additionally, public health officials consider that one possible reason for the decrease in cases could be related to people not self-reporting Rapid Antigen Test results."

 

You won't know the peak until you have passed it.. but self reporting adds extra uncertainty..... Hospitalisations are probably the best proxy at the moment, but they will be a lagging indicator.... 

 

Basically we're flying a bit blind for the next week or so....

 

a 20% drop or so in cases seems to be a bit more than people not reporting results.

vexxxboy:

 

a 20% drop or so in cases seems to be a bit more than people not reporting results.

 

Having trouble accessing tests as well? Community pages are on fire out West with complaints about the Westgate testing centre closing early, running of RATS or the queue affecting motorway traffic pretty much every day now. 

vexxxboy:

 

a 20% drop or so in cases seems to be a bit more than people not reporting results.

 

I think that too. If all the non reporters of RATs were a static % of people, the increase or decrease in daily cases would track correctly, not in numbers but in the trend. As Covid gets more widespread, Im sure more will not report RATs and self isolate, but reported positives is still a worthwhile trend. I personally feel there are lot more cases out there, 5X maybe 8X, but again, people that report will show the trend for the overall population. Up, down, or stable, whatever it happens to be

There have been rumors people have been hording rats and maybe reselling ?
Test centers getting some dodgy reasons and maybe repeat customers or people with lots of friends who need them ?

Suppose weekend numbers will be a bit uncertain, so may not be sure of pattern till Tuesday ?
Peak may still have a tail, and delay till Hospital staff can breathe, its been a bit of a tail in Aussie ?

Hopefully Mrs. will not panic at a few empty shelves when we go shopping in next few days.

wellygary:

 

vexxxboy:

 

Big drop in cases today, mainly Auckland. I wonder if they were right saying Auckland may have peaked.

 

 

"Additionally, public health officials consider that one possible reason for the decrease in cases could be related to people not self-reporting Rapid Antigen Test results."

 

You won't know the peak until you have passed it.. but self reporting adds extra uncertainty..... Hospitalisations are probably the best proxy at the moment, but they will be a lagging indicator.... 

 

Basically we're flying a bit blind for the next week or so....

 

The process to report your results is broken beyond belief. The IT systems have been up and down and are beyond many people to report online, and don't even think about trying to call.

Our numbers aren't dropping, like testing we have lost our capacity to report. It's a disgrace.

networkn:

 

 

 

The process to report your results is broken beyond belief. The IT systems have been up and down and are beyond many people to report online, and don't even think about trying to call.

 

Our numbers aren't dropping, like testing we have lost our capacity to report. It's a disgrace.

 

 

 

Can't find much in the way of online evidence to support your assertions. Any links?

Personally, people are telling me that they will not report negatives or positives. And that has nothing to do with the self-reporting on the website or using the 0800 phone number.

Reporting was easy for me - three time - because I’d already setup my login to my Covid health record which was also easy because I had a RealMe account. But most people I know haven’t done any of that.

Second-hand, I have been told that many small business owners are fearful of losing their businesses if they have to closedown for two weeks so some are not testing/reporting when they are unwell.

I see some antivaxxers trying to tie Shane Warne's death from a heart attack into the fact that he had been vaccinated for coronavirus, and saying that the vaccine must have been what killed him.

That really is the lowest of the low, to me. I personally didn't like the man at all (although my sympathies are with his family and relatives - and I would certainly never, ever wish death on him), but for someone to take their personal agenda based on falsehoods and use a dead man's legacy to promote it...that's pathetic.

networkn:

The process to report your results is broken beyond belief. The IT systems have been up and down and are beyond many people to report online, and don't even think about trying to call.

Our numbers aren't dropping, like testing we have lost our capacity to report. It's a disgrace.

 

Batman:

networkn:

The process to report your results is broken beyond belief. The IT systems have been up and down and are beyond many people to report online, and don't even think about trying to call.

Our numbers aren't dropping, like testing we have lost our capacity to report. It's a disgrace.

 

Works for me

just read that only works if 12 and over, under 12 need to call a number to report RAT results

Self-reporting of RATs works completely fine for me too - and also for all of my friends (2 positive cases, 4 household contacts, and 1 overly cautious person). I've also yet to see major complaints about the reporting process.

That said, I really don't think everyone who tests with a RAT is actually going to bother reporting it.

Additionally I think it's a little odd the person with symptoms has to go collect the RATs, and there do seem to be some long wait times at some of the RAT collection points - although not my local one, in and out in about 4 minutes.

antonknee:

 

Self-reporting of RATs works completely fine for me too - and also for all of my friends (2 positive cases, 4 household contacts, and 1 overly cautious person). I've also yet to see major complaints about the reporting process.

 

That said, I really don't think everyone who tests with a RAT is actually going to bother reporting it.

 

Additionally I think it's a little odd the person with symptoms has to go collect the RATs, and there do seem to be some long wait times at some of the RAT collection points - although not my local one, in and out in about 4 minutes.

 

Last week during a press conference they mentioned site slowness and timeouts and there were also a couple of articles on the herald about it. Anecdotally I saw in various forums different people complaining about the issues, but also how involved the process is to report. 

It's been pretty widely mentioned that the call centres for reporting are totally overwhelmed with long wait times. 

If you aren't experiencing the issues, that's good.