Cancelling delay, GPO will buy 8.5 million Chinese antigen test kits

[Thaiger]

The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation has made 2 u-turns in as many days with plans to now go ahead and purchase 8.5 million antigen test kits from a Chinese manufacturer with questionable accuracy. The GPO had originally announced the plan to import Sars-CoV-2 Antigen and Leccurate Antibody Test products by Lepu Medical Technology before changing course and pausing the purchase after being publicly derided by the Rural Doctors Society for choosing the kits based on the cheapest price instead of the best quality and highest accuracy. Now it seems that the pressure to procure large quantities of the antigen test kits […]

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[Ronaldus]

That is a waist of Money 

[Ldiablo22]

Politicians are getting filthy rich during the pandemic with all these bulk purchases of garbage.

[HolyCowCm]

why do these morons keep supporting them is beyond anyone with any morals. Ah yes, greed.

[D2B2]

Is that the rustling of brown envelopes I hear?

[Does]

Didn’t they learn anything from wasting money on Sinovac?  Instead of buying cheaply made and questionable testing kits, they should be acquiring more mRNA vaccine.  

[King Cotton]

5 minutes ago, Does said:

Didn’t they learn anything from wasting money on Sinovac?  Instead of buying cheaply made and questionable testing kits, they should be acquiring more mRNA vaccine.  

They would, if they had the cash!

[MrStretch]

The fact that the US has pulled the use of these "kits" because of their false positive possibilities should have been enough for the Thai government to pause, but hell, no..."Let's risk it because we are Cheap Charlies and the populace doesn't deserve better."

[Poolie]

The US isnt doing too well these days either.

Certainly there's no reason why they should be seen as 'the standard to follow.'

Edited August 14, 2021 by Poolie

[EdwardV]

1 hour ago, Poolie said:

The US isnt doing too well these days either.

Certainly there's no reason why they should be seen as 'the standard to follow.'

Whataboutism - while true it has nothing to do with the supposed quality or lack of with Chinese test kits. After all America is hardly the only country to discard or return Chinese test kits because for lack of quality. 

[Poolie]

2 hours ago, MrStretch said:

The fact that the US has pulled the use of these "kits"

 

9 minutes ago, EdwardV said:

Whataboutism - while true it has nothing to do with the supposed quality or lack of with Chinese test kits. After all America is hardly the only country to discard or return Chinese test kits because for lack of quality. 

Talk to your countryman.

[Bangkok_Gary]

Follow the money...