Thread by @camrynpetebrown

So, the vaunted 58k+ figures for PCR testing surge capacity depended on pooling. And pooling depends on relatively low positivity rates. And positivity rates are high during outbreaks when testing surges. QED, the surge capacity never existed. #nzpol
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And the gaslighting continues... there are PCR samples that're too old to generate meaningful results but @drayeshaverrall keeps talking about "working through the backlog" and says "I have not been advised" when asked about sample binning.

This is "sample binning". The sample spoiled because it hadn't been processed after 9 days.

https://twitter.com/marinahayy/status/1498770597211676672?s=21

The MOH knows the number of days within which a sample needs to be processed to generate a reliable result. They knew they were getting samples in faster than they could process them and that binning would result.

Their reaction was to finally start using RATs (good) but to not be up front about why they were doing so (bad). They were forced to do so because sample binning was going to get too big to hide despite testing levels well below their impossible "surge capacity" claims.

And those aged-out samples that did occur? They message the potential sick individuals nine days later that their sample has spoiled and gaslight parliament with stories of still working through a backlog (much of which is now too old to be worth doing).