The largest maker of swabs had to throw everything out made today.

[onecaliberal]

Because dump paid them a visit and would not wear a mask or gloves.

https://www.newscentermaine.com/mobile/article/news/health/all-swabs-will-be-thrown-out-following-trump-visit-puritan-says/97-2777a555-dc39-4088-b597-3a1a367ca3ed


Did I mention there is a swab shortage?

[Initech]

1. Everything Trump touches dies!

[onecaliberal]

2. It is a thing.

[Initech]

3. He's the opposite of King Midas. He's King Mierdas.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. So why the fuck don't they grow a pair

and insist he wear a mask like everyone else?

As should those in charge of every single other place he visits these days.

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Wouldn't the swabs be packaged in sterilized single-use plastic-lined paper pouches?

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Once they are made, they would be immediately sealed.

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[onecaliberal]

6. It doesn't go into that level of detail.

If he’s spewing virus it could potentially get on everything he was near there.

[TheBlackAdder]

7. But if they were already sealed, that risk would be no greater than once received in a field setting

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The virus would only last on the packaging for a few days before going inert.

The same would even be if they were contaminated before packaging, a neutral surface where COVID could not thrive.


I'm just saying that this seems to lean towards an insurance type of claim.

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[onecaliberal]

8. Either way. If dump hadn't gone there, they would need to throw anything away.

[TheBlackAdder]

9. True.

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If they even had inventory to throw out, or if it was compromised in another way.

Trump gave that firm an excuse and can also claim site remediation costs on their insurance claim.

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[csziggy]

10. He toured the factory while they were being made

From the article linked in the OP: "Trump toured the production line wearing no mask or protective gear and even put a swab near his nose."

In that article, there is a Twitter post with a video of Dolt45 touring the production line. Not only would everything that was in production at the time be contaminated, the machinery would, too. They probably had to shut down everything to thoroughly disinfect everything after the moron left.

In this photo from the article, it looks as though the idiot is picking his teeth with a swab!

[uppityperson]

11. It was a photo op, limited run to be discarded while he was there

Which is bad enough