The Trump administration is weighing whether to destroy $500 million in stockpiled covid tests, @lenasun.bsky.social + Carolyn Johnson scoop. The effort comes after Trump rescinded a Biden executive order to ensure the nation would have ample covid tests on hand. - ThreadSky

ddiamond.bsky.social • 3 days ago

The Trump administration is weighing whether to destroy $500 million in stockpiled covid tests, @lenasun.bsky.social + Carolyn Johnson scoop.

The effort comes after Trump rescinded a Biden executive order to ensure the nation would have ample covid tests on hand.

Comments

discordianstooge.bsky.social•3 days ago

While I don't trust the Trump regime to anything right,most of these tests must be expired at this point, right? And not calibrated to current strains? I've been told that I should never trust a negative test these days,which seems to me that the tests are meaningless at this point.

shonuffdown.bsky.social•3 days ago

The article said about 10% had expired , we can read also .

erikfrach.bsky.social•3 days ago

So much efficietn!

dueteronomy.bsky.social•3 days ago

MAGA’S🚨 Demonic Trump is stopping funds to HEADSTART!!!!

mcblondeland.bsky.social•3 days ago

Insanity!! Just used one this week! 😡

christopherspecht.bsky.social•3 days ago

Covid killed over a million Americans, and the Trump administration is taking its side.

wneuhauser.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cruel and stupid and wasteful mixed together.

fuzzydave.bsky.social•3 days ago

They really are three viruses in a trench coat

bribleck.bsky.social•3 days ago

Someone call DOGE

ssmithnyc.bsky.social•3 days ago

I just ordered more just because.
Order more for your home. Program will go away. Might as well get them while program still in place.

#whengovernmentstillworked

ssmithnyc.bsky.social•3 days ago

Also if they were about efficiency and not wasting, they'd mail them out automatically to households that had ordered in the past, not torch them. #thinkaboutit

rhondakaye.bsky.social•3 days ago

I just ordered some myself. Do you know if I do it in my husband's name? Will it also go through for four kits?

lcuozzo.bsky.social•3 days ago

No, I just tried that

ssmithnyc.bsky.social•3 days ago

One order per address.

rhondakaye.bsky.social•3 days ago

Damn.

sistercurry.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's by address, not name.

steveaggy.bsky.social•3 days ago

If somebody residing in the WH named their dog Joe Biden, #vptrump would have it put down on principle.

mplscmo.bsky.social•3 days ago

I just can’t anymore. WTAF

donnayoungdc.bsky.social•3 days ago

Reminder: Americans - including the amazing graphic artist/painter/illustrator David Edward Byrd - are STILL dying of #COVID19.
https://bsky.app/profile/cbssundaymorning.bsky.social/post/3licihdah7c27
#SARSCoV2 #VaccinesSaveLives #MaskUp

every1panic.bsky.social•3 days ago

He going to send them to Russia?

loriaforbes.bsky.social•3 days ago

If it was ivermectin they wouldn’t be destroying it.

yougottavote.bsky.social•3 days ago

Why?

dishevldpeasant.bsky.social•3 days ago

I mean, I’ll take a million dollars worth of the tests if he just wants them gone. I can hand them out like candy

marshallg0402.bsky.social•3 days ago

There's no justification/reason to this other than malice and anti-science, if/when the next pandemic comes, we will be doomed.

mediumvillain.bsky.social•3 days ago

we already were by the CDC cuts and the new crank conspiracy theorist HHS secretary

mediumvillain.bsky.social•3 days ago

this is just a formality of what they are already going through with: the unilateral complete dissolution of federal public health

jeniuskp.bsky.social•3 days ago

leftygarth.bsky.social•3 days ago

NO ONE could have seen this coming! Trump is so covid cautious! It’s not like Biden could have just sent them all out to everyone through USPS before he left office…

eggczar.bsky.social•3 days ago

If you don't test, you don't have cases!

taragolf1.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm just coming from my credit union meeting but I will add this to my list I don't know if you realized it but every day I have been posting the question what fucked up thing / things will he do today? And then I keep posting stories of ways he's fucking up

dhmitchell.bsky.social•3 days ago

He'd rather the Russians have them.

meechelle.bsky.social•3 days ago

How do you add more waste to something that can be used to exhaust the quantity?

shonuffdown.bsky.social•3 days ago

This makes no sense as with most things he does . We currently have a measles outbreak in Texas that he has failed to address along with a flu outbreak rapidly spreading that also doesn't seem to get his attention . If it's not tax cuts , tariffs, deportation & conquering other countries , sorry

colinbwilliams.com•3 days ago

"Eliminate government waste" 🤡

spottedtb.bsky.social•3 days ago

By destroy he means sell and pocket the money 💴

barrebarb.bsky.social•3 days ago

Didn’t he destroy stuff when he got into office the last time? And then he awarded Jared’s friend $100,000,000 to manufacture supplies and he just kept the money.

t-inglesby.bsky.social•3 days ago

Destroying $500M worth of covid tests in the national stockpile would be a terrible waste of resources. They are an insurance policy against a resurgent new variant - of course we all hope that kind of variant doesn't occur, but why destroy tests that would be invaluable in that scenario. 1/x

t-inglesby.bsky.social•3 days ago

In a fast moving epidemic, rapid tests are tools that can help people get the right treatment more quickly and help families stay healthier.

jiffwoof.bsky.social•3 days ago

gee I wonder what he'll decide, instead of just mailing them out for free like we'd been doing, maybe we just fire them on a rocket into the sun! I know a dipshit rocket guy who could help!

buddhaofnazareth.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Trump REGIME, Dan. Not the Trump administration!

silverbirds.bsky.social•3 days ago

Stupidity at it's finest.

ablueheart.bsky.social•3 days ago

Happy yet Jeff Bezos?

benevoluspf.bsky.social•3 days ago

🤦🏻

ferniebaby.bsky.social•3 days ago

He is trying to kill you all

irene66.bsky.social•3 days ago

Why? Last week our entire family and extended family (16-77yrs) had our kits ready to use if symptoms appeared because a family member (teacher) unknowingly exposed us. Now another expense since we will have to purchase kits when needed. Waste so they can prove a point- what point?

uofagrad97.bsky.social•3 days ago

papaboo07.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’m sure there are plenty of underserved areas that could use these. Rural clinics, other countries. No need to destroy viable tests other than as a ploy to stamp your covid was a hoax ideology.

maureenbrady.bsky.social•3 days ago

I got free ones last Friday. Probably my last.

thefilmqueen.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump: By all means destroy the tests and let me continue my assault on the well-being of the American people. #notmypresident

caseyhartman.bsky.social•3 days ago

What if we just say we destroyed it, fence it for 10 cents on the dollar, and pocket the cash? Problem solved and super efficient.

-Trump Family

cynthiakrueger.bsky.social•3 days ago

Deny the people what they’ve paid for.

toddadam.bsky.social•3 days ago

jchinique.bsky.social•3 days ago

Is he gonna flush each one down his golden toilet?

keviniswriting.bsky.social•3 days ago

Imagine the Doge crew will blow the lid off this waste and fraud too, right?

holliwinters57.bsky.social•3 days ago

So the Trump administration wants to waste money. 🙄

ac-californian.bsky.social•3 days ago

Send them to me.

shazamablama.bsky.social•3 days ago

So stupid.

dr0923.bsky.social•3 days ago

So burning $500 million doesn’t constitute government waste?

flamingal.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’m sure DOGE will put a stop to this waste. 🤣😂

debbshock.com•3 days ago

"if we don't test, we'll have a very low number of cases"
moron

kathwick.bsky.social•3 days ago

I believe the tests have a shelf life. Are they expired/expiring?

rudelyvangelder.bsky.social•3 days ago

Free test kits are still available (as of 5 minutes ago)....
https://special.usps.com/testkits

slackermom.bsky.social•3 days ago

I was able to place an order!

mexi-dutch.bsky.social•3 days ago

Same 👍🏼

caseker.bsky.social•3 days ago

"We're going to stop government waste!" Proceeds to destroy $500 million for no reason whatsoever.

Trump's years are numbered. Three and a half if I'm right. And he knows that. That's why this is all blitz style.

megabeth18.bsky.social•3 days ago

Link is still live !!!

https://store.usps.com/store/results

jnotj.bsky.social•3 days ago

clarabellclown.bsky.social•3 days ago

Remember the GOP claiming that the Affordable Care Act would give us “Obama Death Panels”?

The GOP always deflects.

670rv.bsky.social•3 days ago

Vinay Prasad did not want any more testing, anymore Paxlovid and not convinced about Long Covid way past.
Knew this was going to start just after the elections
Three weeks back took 4 days to get approval for Paxlovid and for another could not fill as copay was $500

670rv.bsky.social•3 days ago

And 22.8 M estimated by Mass Gen Study of people around Boston already with Long Covid - you thought Bolsanoro was bad - this is going to worse.

670rv.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.243767
In Mild Covid:
COVID-19 Infection and Coronary Plaque Progression: An Early Warning of a Potential Public Health Crisis
Jonathan R. Weir-McCall , Jack S. Bell
Author Affiliations
Published Online:Feb 4 2025

670rv.bsky.social•3 days ago

The new approach suggests that 22.8% of the population experience the symptoms of long COVID, a figure that may paint a more realistic picture of the pandemic’s long-term toll.
In 4 years more than 70% headed there.

https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/press-releases/new-medical-ai-tool-identifies-more-cases-of-long-covid-from-patient-health-records#:~:text=Investigators%20at%20Mass%20General%20Brigham,infection%20from%20SARS%2DCoV%2D2

670rv.bsky.social•3 days ago

LLPC are a key component of most effective vaccines, but the lack of long-lived immunity after infection or vaccination has hampered efforts to end the pandemic.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9350162/

edmlawyersteve.bsky.social•3 days ago

“Well, on the downside, there’s literally nothing to be gained by doing this, but on the other hand [coughing fit]”

panamajovi.bsky.social•3 days ago

This isn't new and Biden did the same. GSA hasn't been able to find a buyer for the tests. Each day 100 of pallets of PPE sit at GSA auctions with ZERO interest. This has been the case since the "pandemic" was no longer declared as one. GSA listings is the last commercial step before destroying.

pedsaly.bsky.social•3 days ago

What would they be doing differently if they were trying to put the nation in harms way.

Ask that of every action

jansolver.bsky.social•3 days ago

Waste. Fraud, Waste and Abuse going on NOW.

kammie57.bsky.social•3 days ago

Unfucking believable!!

thedocrucker.bsky.social•3 days ago

#WasteFraudAbuse

rachacha.bsky.social•3 days ago

Just tried to order tests. Learned that the program is suspended and orders placed after 8PM Eastern Time Feb 18 won't be processed. I missed it by 9 minutes.