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Gothmog

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16. A Maine factory says it will have to discard all coronavirus swabs made during Trump's factory tour
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 02:09 PM
Jun 2020

This was solely for a bogus photo op https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-coronavirus-swabs-puritan-maine-thrown-out-2020-6?fbclid=IwAR0IU4Kx0sXlHZqiG_u6KUrdjHRhwiJJ7RVgixFNz2C7ylaqtnLzPeB0hDQ

Puritan Medical Products, a medical swab manufacturer, says it will have to discard all of the swabs made in the background of President Donald Trump's visit to the factory on Friday.

While workers on the factory floor wore lab coats and personal protective equipment, Trump did not wear a mask while touring the facility or visiting with employees.

In a statement to USA TODAY, Puritan did not disclose either its reasoning for dumping the coronavirus swabs or the number of coronavirus tests that would be lost.

Puritan, which the White House said received nearly $80 million from the federal government to double its production capacity, is one of only two companies in the world that make the kind of swabs needed in coronavirus testing.

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