Virus Test Used by White House May Not Be Accurate

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/03/virus-test-used-by-white-house-may-not-be-accurate/

Virus Test Used by White House May Not Be Accurate
July 3, 2020 at 7:51 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

“President Trump said part of the reason he doesn’t regularly wear a mask is ‘everyone’s tested’ before they see him,” CNN reports.

“But multiple studies have raised questions about the accuracy of a coronavirus test the White House has used, and the Food and Drug Administration has received dozens of reports of potential problems with that test.”

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/politics/coronavirus-white-house-test-abbott/index.html

Coronavirus test used by White House has questionable accuracy

[soothsayer]

1. Yep like 50% accurate, that Abbott

[secondwind]

2. This should keep him up at night............

[Atticus]

3. "So you're sayin' there's a chance!" nt

[Tanuki]

4. I did not know until recently that Matt Schlapp was an Abbott lobbyist

https://www.thestreet.com/.amp/investing/abbott-labs-no-longer-works-with-matt-schlapp

"Abbott Labs announced that it is cutting ties with Matt Schlapp, a lobbyist with ties to the Trump administration, following public pressure to disavow him over controversial political comments. Schlapp's wife Mercedes Schlapp is a senior advisor for the Trump-Pence campaign.
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The medical device maker told Crain's Chicago Business that it no longer works with Cove Strategies, the boutique government and public relations firm that Schlapp founded in 2009. 

Abbott had been paying Schlapp $200,000 annually, according to Crain's Chicago Business.

Schlapp has openly criticized corporations that support the Black Lives Matter movement and has described the organization as "hostile to families, capitalism, cops, unborn life and gender" on Twitter. 

Schlapp is very active on Twitter, with most of his tweets being political commentary. "...(more)

[malaise]

5. The words I'm waiting to hear

Don the fucking Con has Covid-19

[beachbumbob]

6. we can only hope for karma intervention

[tanyev]

7. Oopsie.