This would appear to be a lie: Pence says 1 million tests have been distributed w/4 million more

[Mrs. Overall]

at the end of the week. The CDC claims it has only distributed several thousand and states are having difficulty obtaining them.

On Edit: The reporter has deleted this tweet, so perhaps Pence misspoke or was talking about tests worldwide?? Regardless, he's still a liar.

Link to tweet

Geoff Bennett
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@GeoffRBennett
VP Mike Pence says more than 1 million coronavirus tests have been distributed, and the administration expects another 4 million to be distributed by the end of the week.

[spanone]

1. Lies, Lies and more Lies.

[gademocrat7]

2. Lies and more lies.

[malaise]

3. He twisted the grammar to cover the lie

He said 1 million tests have been distributed by the end of this week - I did laugh

[rurallib]

4. did he say in the US or world wide?

There probably has been a million world wide with China and South Korea

[2naSalit]

5. Yeah, I caught that too.

Sheesh, I'm and admitted math dunce and even I picked up on that immediately!

Small consolation, at least he lies in English as opposed to the primal grunts that emit from the orange one.

[4139]

6. CDC 75,000 but LabCorp and Quest started offering their tests today... don't know how many

[Roland99]

7. CDC's 75k number is people. Not test kits. Each kit can handle 300-400 samples

Link to tweet

So that means only a couple hundred kits are available!!

[Docreed2003]

8. Such bullshit...dangerous bullshit

We don't have the tests...this is a freaking nightmare playing out for all to see because these idiots have no idea what they're doing and are being obstinate in their refusals to address this in a meaningful way. All they care about is trying to calm the markets and propaganda meant to make trump look like he's doing something

[napi21]

9. It MAY be true that 1,000,000 have been sent out. That doesn't mean they got to their destination

yet. I thought I heard the female Doc say there should be 4 M more sent by the end of the week. Remembering this is only MONDAY, it sounds possible those #'s could be close.

[stillcool]

10. reminds me...I haven't seen any more about this..

I read it here the other day, and found it on emptywheel..
https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/03/07/three-things-endemic-covid-19-edition/
Probably nothing but it's the kind of thing that sticks with me at times like this. If anyone thinks I should delete it, let me know.

Trump Could Profit From Coronavirus Testing
Amee Vanderpool
https://shero.substack.com/p/trump-could-profit-from-coronavirus

According to the Associated Press, Donald Trump, the current President of the United States who is supposed to be managing the Coronavirus epidemic and how the testing is conducted, has listed investments in V.F. Corp (VFC) and Thermo Fisher Scientific Corporation (TMO), both of which moved jobs out of the U.S. in high profile outsourcing deals. There is reason to believe that Donald Trump stands to profit from medical testing of coronavirus that will now take place in the United States.
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Both Fortune Magazine and The New York Post confirmed in May of 2016 that Trump listed investments in V.F. Corp. and Thermo Fisher Scientific. If Trump still maintains these investments, it is a direct conflict of interest to use a company that he stands to profit from to conduct coronavirus testing.
Additionally, Trump’s transition team announced in Dec. 2016, that Trump had sold all of his stock interests ahead of taking the oath of office, but there was never any proof provided to confirm this statement. When asked on a conference call with reporters whether Trump had investments in Boeing at the time, then spokesman Jason Miller said the president-elect had sold all of his stocks in June of 2016.
According to the Associated Press, his advisers at the time provided no proof of the transactions and would not explain the apparent sell-off. Many of Trump’s financial records are still unknown, including his income tax returns which are still at issue in ongoing litigation.