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Related: About this forumDeSantis admits to finding 1 million expired COVID-19 tests stockpiled in warehouse
DeathSantis is an asshole
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Todays revelation follows allegations by Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried that the governor was stockpiling tests which were soon expiring. On Wednesday, the Governors office called that allegation bizarre.
The Governor said hes asking the federal government to extend the expiration date on these newly-discovered tests.
ProudMNDemocrat
(19,030 posts)How many people died in Florida while this was going on? Not to mention the number of people becoming infected?
Ron DeathSantis...Murderer.
Mme. Defarge
(8,516 posts)to human life.
Me.
(35,454 posts)does he not understand what an expiration date is/means?
GAdem2016
(43 posts)My sister runs a hospital lab and sent us a bunch of expired rapid tests when my mom tested positive and we couldn't find any more tests at local stores. They were exactly the same as the home tests you get at the store, just packaged differently. My sister must have known they were still reliable but I never asked per specifically how far past the expired date would be a problem.
Me.
(35,454 posts)and were/are they still effective.
apparently on the manufacturer and when they expired. The FDA has extended some expiration date however that is not generally recommended.
The test kits expiration date is not the only factor that may affect its quality. The way you store it matters, too.
Storing test kits properly is crucial in ensuring that they work properly and accurately.
Depending on the design of the test, it might give you either a false positive or negative test [result], Campbell said. Dont do it. A wrong test is worse than none at all.
https://www.verywellhealth.com/covid-test-kits-expiration-5209949
mahina
(18,906 posts)Un. Likely.
Pattern of criminal negligence.
LetMyPeopleVote
(154,119 posts)Link to tweet
The Abbott Laboratories rapid tests expired last month amid Floridas sharp rise in COVID-19 infections. The omicron variant has caused cases to skyrocket across the country and in Florida, resulting in long lines at testing sites. Shelves of at-home rapid tests have also gone empty in stores.
DEM, which operates under Gov. Ron DeSantis Office, manages the states testing stockpile. The stockpile is made available to hospitals, nursing homes and more state-supported response hubs.
The batch of rapid tests expired between Dec. 26 and Dec. 30.
LetMyPeopleVote
(154,119 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
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(154,119 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(154,119 posts)This is a major screwup by DeathSantis
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At a Thursday news conference, Kevin Guthrie, the director of Florida's Division of Emergency Management, told reporters when asked about the state's stockpile: "We had between 800,000 and a million test kits, Abbott rapid test kits, in our warehouse that did expire."....
With the omicron variant driving record case counts up and down the East Coast, Florida is currently experiencing its largest case surge of the pandemic.
Yet last week, Floridians reportedly waited up to three hours to get a Covid test as cases and potential exposures spiked due to the more infectious omicron variant. On Dec. 21, Miami-Dade Countys Mayor Daniella Levine Cava wrote to Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo asking that all possible tests be directed to Miami-Dade County to meet the growing demand for testing in our community," WPLG Local 10 reported.