Well....the Bavarian Premier-President (Soder, CSU), came out this morning and said he wants the free 'quickie' tests for Covid (costing the government 18-Euro) to end....for those who have not been vaccinated.
For those outside of Germany, the system (developed toward the fall of 2020)....was a somewhat 'licensed' operation (any idiot could open up a station), and as folks would come in....they'd be tested (showing their passport/ID), and be notified within two hours via text that they were free of Covid (or have Covid). Each village had a station set up....sometimes by the Red Cross....sometimes, just private individuals....sometimes by organized crime clans.
The accusations of corruption in this business? That started up two months ago, and there's a fair amount of criticism going on....to suggest that some (probably 10-percent) of the business is faked-up.
As for the reliability? Well....last week, a Hamburg clinic examined the positives given by these 'quickie' test centers, and discovered that over half of the positives....were false-positives. It was a worthless test result.
But here's the thing, once we go back into a lockdown situation....they will mandate that you have to be tested, and show the results to enter a pub, bar, arena, concert, or restaurant. If Soder's 'dream' is to force unvaccinated people down this pay....paying 18 Euro for the test results....then it invites a whole bunch of anger and frustration upon the general public.
The cost factor upon the government? Most people haven't asked questions over that amount, and has to be a significant amount spent monthly to keep this 'gimmick' up and running.
Where this will end up? I'm guessing by October....this agenda is picked up and some type of shutdown business starts up as the virus numbers increase. The free Covid tests disappear, and you end up with a quarter of the German population in a fairly negative view of the whole business of testing. The amusing thing here is that if you call your doctor and cite symptoms....he'll take your health-card and charge a 'free' test off on the insurance. That was the normal 'game' up until they invented this quickie-Covid test deal.
Maybe we should just stick with that method and dump this whole free quickie-test anyway.
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