Looks like we need to watch 60 Minutes tomorrow:

[Kingofalldems]

Link to tweet

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-officials-allowed-flawed-covid-19-antibody-tests-2020-06-25/

[Squinch]

1. Holy shit! As Florida is on track to exceed 10,000 new cases today.

[Major Nikon]

49. 9,585

On track to beat NY's record of 11,661 and now is at 881.

I guess DeSantis' speech about not being like NY isn't aging very well.

[uponit7771]

56. DeSantis might be dumber than Trump, that's a lot of dumb in one person

[dem4decades]

2. I've started watching it again, it's been worth it.

[Laelth]

3. No. Really?

This better be really well-documented. It’s hard to believe, even coming from this administration, but it’s possible. It’s also colossally EVIL.

-Laelth

[Nevilledog]

6. I don't doubt this story at all. They really are that evil.

[question everything]

4. One nice thing about no professional sports: CBS comes on time..

[Marie Marie]

18. I second that!

[sprinkleeninow]

26. I'm down with that.

😁

[not_the_one]

48. If they don't start on time, I don't watch them...

which means that CBS is not a viewing option for the rest of the night. You can't DVR stuff that starts late because the DVR only knows the scheduled time period. And I REFUSE to program a DVR to run overtime by an hour or more. Not happening.

[murielm99]

5. They need to do a story on Trump

knowing about Putin's bounty on American soldiers. That I will watch.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

17. I'll watch both important expos'es. nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

53. Exactly. This antibody deal? I knew they were iffy. Not

sure what the 60 min's story's about. But coming up with an avoidance seems proof certain

With trump you have to constantly up your game since he's gotten worse and worse

[superpatriotman]

7. cant see tweets

please post something

[demmiblue]

8. Here ya go:

"BREAKING: #60Minutes investigation reveals Trump knowingly allowed flawed #COVID19 antibody tests to circulate, leading to inaccurate data about virus spread, creating data to support re-openings, and potentially causing thousands more preventable deaths"

Federal officials allowed distribution of COVID-19 antibody tests after they knew many were flawed

Federal officials failed to immediately stop the distribution of many COVID-19 antibody tests they knew were flawed, leading to inaccurate data about the spread of the virus. Congress is now investigating why the FDA did not review the tests it allowed to be distributed widely throughout the U.S. Sharyn Alfonsi's three-month investigation into the faulty tests will be broadcast on 60 Minutes, Sunday, June 28 at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

COVID-19 diagnostic kits were in short supply when the pandemic broke out. An alternative test to detect the presence of antibodies in blood was sold as a way to indicate who was exposed to the virus at some point and could now be immune. Such tests would help officials track the disease and determine when it might be safe to begin opening up the economy. The FDA said it would allow the antibody tests to enter the US market and would do so without a formal review. Over 200 companies hit the market with the tests.

Laredo, Texas, wound up getting thousands of antibody test kits from a Chinese company. The untested kits were then tested by the city's health director, Dr. Hector Gonzalez, who found the tests accuracy to differ wildly depending on when it was given and how long after a person was exposed to the virus. The small sample he tested was only about 20% accurate. "We had such high hopes to test… we were ready to do public drive-through testing… Now we couldn't. We were on hold," recalls Gonzalez.

Laredo officials reported the faulty tests to federal agents at Homeland Security and officials came to town to seize the tests and start an investigation, but the federal government did little to halt the spread of other un-proven antibody testing kits.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-officials-allowed-flawed-covid-19-antibody-tests-2020-06-25/

[superpatriotman]

10. Thanks!

No matter the day some posters refuse to formulate readable posts.

[Kingofalldems]

11. Dude I would do it but don't know how.

Don't assume ol' pal.

[demmiblue]

12. No kidding.

I post tweets, but I also try to post the commentary, as well as an excerpt from any link provided (obviously, this doesn't work with video tweets). It really isn't that hard to cut and paste.

[yellowdogintexas]

59. Remember when the WHO tests were suddenly "not good enough"

for US? Then these other tests became available, the best tests of course

[Lucky Luciano]

46. Why would tweets be invisible? Never understood that.

[Raven]

9. This man is a serial killer.

[Karadeniz]

34. You've got that right.

[Jarqui]

38. Mass Murderer

A rabid dog

[stillcool]

13. I'd still like to know

what happened to all the confiscated PPE that the feds confiscated from the states. Too many dastardly deeds with covid-19. Every day is a possible pay day for Don the con, and he apparently doesn't let anything slip by.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. I'd like to know too. . . . nt

[2naSalit]

16. No shit!

When they started confiscating the PPE was when it was clear to me that these fuckers are out to kill as many of us as they can because they can.

[Doreen]

15. So when I told people this is what I think is happening

many weeks ago, them telling me I was conspiracy nut was incorrect. My suspicion is right.

[tinrobot]

19. It confirms my experience.

Our daughter almost certainly had it, yet a few weeks later her antibody test came up negative.

Last week, my doctor said that, out of hundreds of tests she's given, only a few have been positive.

Damn tests don't work.

[patphil]

20. It just goes to show that you can't take short cuts when you're dealing with health issues.

These tests should have been verified by the FDA before they were allowed to be used.
Emergency or not, it's not ethical to just let them go out onto the market.
And, as we are seeing, a lot of people are dying because of this bad decision.

Another case of criminally negligent homicide by our government.

[world wide wally]

21. He is a sabotoeur

[IronLionZion]

22. As soon as you accept that they want to kill us, it all makes sense

[czarjak]

24. Just like Jesus

[StarryNite]

44. Yup.

And why has tRump not gotten it when so many around him have? He and his family have somehow managed to stay free of the virus. Hmmmm

[Captain Zero]

61. See. I think Trump has antibodies. Has to be because

He appears totally unafraid of the virus. This is probably the only thing he can keep his mouth shut about because it allows him to go out to rallies. That allows him to look strong and invincible. They have to have tested him multiple times for the virus and antibodies. And, he acts like someone would if they had the virus, were asymptomatic, and now has antibodies.

[uponit7771]

57. +1, like Hitler at the end blaming all the Germans and wanting to destroy everything

[leighbythesea2]

62. Been saying this

To family. Its a weird demarcation to cross over to in my own mind. When you say it out loud, even to people with similar povs, we all just blink and say yeah. It's an example of how things become possible. yet we don't want to believe it.

[cayugafalls]

23. Another criminal lack of oversight.

Trump is a loser. The biggest loser.

This would have been so easy for a president with an ounce of compassion and knowledge.

[calimary]

25. O. M. G.

How many COVID deaths due to willful government negligence could we charge him for? They're on HIM.

As Michael Dukakis once said... "the fish rots from the head."

[bronxiteforever]

27. Kick and recommend for visibility.

[Demovictory9]

28. my gawd. how evil is this man?

[stopdiggin]

29. we had no tests (accurate or otherwise)

at a point in time. After the botched CDC testing crashed and burned we were left with nothing. I think at that time the government (FDA) made a calculated decision (under a lot of pressure) to get some testing on the market. And, yes, they waived any kind of testing and certification process in order to accomplish this. (with full knowledge that this was not 'optimum.')

I'm not defending the administration, and their cascading chain of failures and unpreparedness (of which this played some part) .. but this particular decision came to us through the lenses of "better something than nothing at all" and "lesser of two evils" .. and came along with a great deal of "push" from all directions, including researchers and the medical community. So while it might not have been pure gold as either science or statescraft .. the idea that it was rendered out of malice or an intent to compromise a health outcome .. is poppycock, and standard tinfoil BS.

Politics? From Washington? Quelle surprise!
But if you're advancing a theory that the FDA is herein working to sabotage the medical community ....
---- -- -- -------- ----

[Hoyt]

31. Have to agree. We were clamoring for more tests, but maybe

should have waited, or at least proceeded cautiously.

[stopdiggin]

36. yep. politics over science

(Although I'm not even 100% on that. -- Is it in fact "good" science, or medicine, to go with nothing .. over the imperfect?)

But the larger point ... I was one of those people that was screaming myself practically red in the face! "We need TESTING .. you fu**ing fools!!"

[grantcart]

52. 13 hour wait in line in Phoenix

[mwb970]

30. Are here ANY Americans this monster will not kill?

[littlemissmartypants]

32. He's the only one I can think of. nt

[marie999]

33. Family members, unless the payout is worth it. n/t

[littlemissmartypants]

35. Aaaannd, the psychopath strikes again! nt

[malaise]

37. Don the Con was and is prepared to kill any amount of people to retain power

Down he goes - he and every enabler should be locked up for life. This is genocide.

[sellitman]

39. Trump had no idea this was the case.

No one told him

He was completely left out of the loop.

He was playing golf that day.

He left those decisions to the coffee guy, whoever that is.

[moonscape]

43. Obama knew but never told him n/t

[I_UndergroundPanther]

40. What time does 60

Minutes come on in the Eastern Time zone?

[Kingofalldems]

41. 7 PM

[I_UndergroundPanther]

45. Thanks king

[Hortensis]

42. Wish I could bet money Republicans other than Trump

will not be mentioned in a negative way or actually presented as blameless. Maybe 60 M will laud them as having a leading role in calling for FDA investigation since they are for once part of something that doesn't need to be covered up.

[Thekaspervote]

47. It just twists my gut.

[nolabear]

50. Why the HELL isnt he being frog marched out of there?

Do we just have no standard at all for leadership? It’s not a fucking religion; it’s a job! The man needs to be 25th right now, thrown into the street and then arrested.

It’s madness. We’re allowing ourselves to be slaughtered—for what??

[Cha]

51. Yes!

Link to tweet

[Permanut]

54. Oh, Congress is investigating?

Glad to hear that. They'll get to the bottom of the flawed testing allegations, and I'm sure that if they find the allegations true, they will promptly impeach Trump again. And this time they will convict him, and he'll get the consequences he deserves.

Also, I expect that blue giraffes will appear in my front yard tomorrow with pizza and beer.

[augyboston]

55. Fits the definition...

trea·son·ous

adjective
involving or guilty of the crime of betraying one's country.
"a treasonous act against the State"
involving or guilty of the betrayal of someone or something.
"he never paid for his treasonous act against Valerie"

BTW, I'm from Maine and I wonder if Susan Collins still believes that Donnie has "learned his lesson"!

BYE BYE Susan

[uponit7771]

58. ..👍🏼

[Loge23]

60. Just another scandal.

As bad as this is, the silence of MSM to the Russian bounty scandal is, well...scandalous.
I guess the MSM just can't keep up with the daily fire hose of scandals from this evil administration.