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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMacron Refused Covid Test While Calling on Putin
Macron Refused Covid Test While Calling on Putin
February 10, 2022 at 3:38 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 58
https://politicalwire.com/2022/02/10/macron-refused-covid-test-while-calling-on-putin/
"SNIP.......
French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian COVID-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this week, and was therefore kept at a distance from the Russian leader, Reuters reports.
Said a French source: We knew very well that meant no handshake and that long table. But we could not accept that they get their hands on the presidents DNA.
.......SNIP"
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Macron Refused Covid Test While Calling on Putin (Original Post)
applegrove
Feb 2022
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Dorian Gray
(13,493 posts)1. Couldn't they provide their own?
dweller
(23,632 posts)2. Who knows what
that swab had been dosed with ?
😱
✌🏻
JustAnotherGen
(31,820 posts)8. My thought too
moondust
(19,979 posts)3. "Russian COVID-19 test"
Alice Kramden
(2,166 posts)4. Macron was smart to refuse
Keeping distance was preferable
Trueblue1968
(17,217 posts)5. what a shame Putiny didn't get Covid
Carlitos Brigante
(26,500 posts)6. "Umm excuse moi, why is this test stick glowing bright green?". nt
hlthe2b
(102,248 posts)7. Good idea--gives Macron the excuse to avoid close contact with Putin and his entourage.
Not to mention avoid any chance of a "ricin handshake."