Maker of Rapid Covid Tests Told Factory to Destroy Inventory - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/us/abbott-covid-tests.html
Abbott, un « #microcosme de la prise en charge des crises de #santé_publique par le secteur #privé »
America was notoriously slow in rolling out testing in the early days of the pandemic, and *the story of the Abbott tests is a microcosm of the larger challenges of ensuring that the private sector can deliver the tools needed to fight public health crises, both before they happen and during the twists and turns of an actual event.
Et ça ment comme pas possible
Asked why the materials needed to be thrown away, Mr. Ford cited a limited shelf life. But photographs taken in June and July of some of the estimated 8.6 million Abbott test cards employees said were shredded show expiration dates more than seven months away.
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As for donating BinaxNOW, it is a U.S. product that is not registered internationally, Mr. Ford said. “We couldn’t just ship it there.” But he acknowledged that the company did in fact send a million tests to India in May, paid for by the U.S. government.