“The Kremlin on Wednesday confirmed a report that former President Trump sent Russian President Vladimir Putin COVID-19 testing equipment during the height of the pandemic.”
“The Kremlin on Wednesday confirmed a report that former President Trump sent Russian President Vladimir Putin COVID-19 testing equipment during the height of the pandemic.”
I wish reports on this would state clearly that it was "testing equipment" not Covid "tests" like the antigen home tests we're now pretty familiar with. Antigen tests are one-time use only and have expiration dates. PCR tests require special machines; I've no doubt that's what Trump sent to his "good friend" Putin.
THANK YOU❤️!!! You kept me from getting in over my head trying to describe the difference between the little box with the test inside and the rapid test PCR machine that is a highly specialized piece of equipment for detailed medical analyses!
So CFDT sent specialized testing equipment to a foreign adversary of the United States and not to an American hospital???!!! How many ways does CFDT have to show that he is a traitor (or useful idiot or traitorous useful idiot)?
The PCR machine, also, requires chemicals that were in short supply in 2020, adding to the complications of getting widespread PCR testing. Then there were issues at the CDC itself and its extremely slow and cautious processes.
"In the United States, the slow rollout of coronavirus PCR tests has been widely attributed to a combination of stringent rules aimed at ensuring their reliability and a complex web of companies and health care systems responsible for developing, carrying out, and paying for tests. The Trump administration says testing is accelerating. On 16 March, at a White House press conference, U.S. Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir said the country would be able to process 1 million tests by the end of the week, and 2 million the following week. But the actual numbers aren't close to that yet. According to data compiled by the COVID Tracking Project, a nonprofit collaboration of public health officials and journalists counting tests given in the United States, 191,541 PCR diagnostics have been performed as of 22 March, with 24,345 of them positive for the virus." https://www.science.org/content/article/standard-coronavirus-test-if-available-works-well-can-new-diagnostics-help-pandemic
Trump is fact-checked by the Kremlin…
“The Kremlin on Wednesday confirmed a report that former President Trump sent Russian President Vladimir Putin COVID-19 testing equipment during the height of the pandemic.”
https://www.axios.com/2024/10/09/trump-putin-covid-testing-equipment-kremlin
I wish reports on this would state clearly that it was "testing equipment" not Covid "tests" like the antigen home tests we're now pretty familiar with. Antigen tests are one-time use only and have expiration dates. PCR tests require special machines; I've no doubt that's what Trump sent to his "good friend" Putin.
"PCR tests are extremely accurate but require special lab equipment – like the PCR heating machine seen here – and can take hours or days to perform." https://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2021/11/whats-the-difference-between-a-pcr-and-antigen-covid-19-test/
THANK YOU❤️!!! You kept me from getting in over my head trying to describe the difference between the little box with the test inside and the rapid test PCR machine that is a highly specialized piece of equipment for detailed medical analyses!
So CFDT sent specialized testing equipment to a foreign adversary of the United States and not to an American hospital???!!! How many ways does CFDT have to show that he is a traitor (or useful idiot or traitorous useful idiot)?
The PCR machine, also, requires chemicals that were in short supply in 2020, adding to the complications of getting widespread PCR testing. Then there were issues at the CDC itself and its extremely slow and cautious processes.
"In the United States, the slow rollout of coronavirus PCR tests has been widely attributed to a combination of stringent rules aimed at ensuring their reliability and a complex web of companies and health care systems responsible for developing, carrying out, and paying for tests. The Trump administration says testing is accelerating. On 16 March, at a White House press conference, U.S. Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir said the country would be able to process 1 million tests by the end of the week, and 2 million the following week. But the actual numbers aren't close to that yet. According to data compiled by the COVID Tracking Project, a nonprofit collaboration of public health officials and journalists counting tests given in the United States, 191,541 PCR diagnostics have been performed as of 22 March, with 24,345 of them positive for the virus." https://www.science.org/content/article/standard-coronavirus-test-if-available-works-well-can-new-diagnostics-help-pandemic