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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,191 posts) Sat Mar 21, 2020, 01:34 PM Mar 2020

The US Air Force flew 1 million coronavirus test swabs to the US from Italy

and more are likely on the way.

As the US pushes to ramp up coronavirus testing, the US Air Force has flown roughly a million testing swabs to the US from overseas, and more missions are expected, Air Mobility Command said Friday.

Earlier this week, Air Force personnel loaded 13 pallets containing 500,000 COVID-19 testing swabs onto a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft at Aviano Air Base in Italy.

The swabs were delivered to a location in Memphis, Tennessee, where they were turned over to FedEx for distribution. Defense One first reported this delivery Wednesday.

The testing swabs are being delivered in support of ongoing Department of Health and Human Services operations to stem the spread of the coronavirus which first appeared in China but has since spread around the world.

https://news.yahoo.com/us-air-force-flew-1-191647426.html

Pardon my cynicism but I hope Trump didn't buy some used ones thinking he'd get a cut rate deal.

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The US Air Force flew 1 million coronavirus test swabs to the US from Italy (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP

Sterile swabs? matt819 Mar 2020 #1

He thinks I should just keep reusing PPE eilen Mar 2020 #2

Next time drump has any kind of medical test, I hope the person doing the test lets him know liberalla Mar 2020 #4

I'm waiting for the background story to this, but at this point.... Brother Buzz Mar 2020 #3

matt819

(10,749 posts)

1. Sterile swabs?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 01:50 PM

Mar 2020

We don’t need no stinking sterile swabs.

And that’s only one component of the test. And that will not be enough to test all who need to or should be tested. And that’s to say nothing about how these components and the tests themselves will be allocated.

eilen

(4,950 posts)

2. He thinks I should just keep reusing PPE

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 01:56 PM

Mar 2020

that some kind of disinfectant cleaner can be sprayed on the same mask over and over and over.

just want to know how he thinks we breathe...

liberalla

(9,260 posts)

4. Next time drump has any kind of medical test, I hope the person doing the test lets him know

Reply to eilen (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 02:11 PM

Mar 2020

he is wearing previously used protective gear.

"Don't worry mr. president, we've been told they were sanitized and are supposed to be safe for RE-use. So, here goes!"

Brother Buzz

(36,463 posts)

3. I'm waiting for the background story to this, but at this point....

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 02:08 PM

Mar 2020

I'm thinking this might be something of a rouge operation cooked up by the Governors to make an end run around the orange anus' freak side show.

The shipment was transported on a (MAC) Air National Guard C-17.

The C-17 landed at a Memphis Air National Guard Base in Memphis

Redistributed by Fed-Ex

And more importantly, the orange anus isn't tooting his horn and taking credit, which is an unpossiblity.

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