Thursday, February 3, 2022

MORE ABOUT THE RELIABILITY OF THOSE COVID TESTS, FDA, ANOTHER RECALL ALERT, "EMPOWERED DIAGNOSTICS", ETC., PLUS PSAKI DEFENDS BUYING $1.3 BILLION WORTH OF TESTS FROM CHINESE COMPANY

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CHECK THE MAKER OF ANY TESTS YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN:

ANOTHER RECALL---CLICK ON THE IMAGE AND LINK REGARDING 'EMPOWERED DIAGNOSTICS"--The FDA has identified this issue as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall.  

Recommendations -- Do not use the Empowered Diagnostics CovClear COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test and ImmunoPass COVID-19 Neutralizing Antibody Rapid Test. MORE FROM THE FDA AT https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/stop-using-empowered-diagnostics-covid-19-tests-fda-safety-communication

AND IN CASE YOU MISSED THIS ONE FROM NEWS 12, FLOWFLEX, https://westchester.news12.com/some-covid-19-tests-recalled-due-to-trade-pricing-issues?fbclid=IwAR3m6qOwAg5IWYEjIa_Ns3Jh_2U9lgwGBlQHl-CD6f7ewNihld3QmpMUVCs

AND MORE FROM NBC, FLOWFLEX , ACON LABORATORIES https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/fda-recalls-200000-unauthorized-flowflex-covid-rapid-tests/3496424/

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AND MORE:

Psaki defends buying $1.3B worth of COVID rapid tests from Chinese company

Pressed on why the Biden administration bought $1.3 billion worth of Chinese-made COVID-19 rapid tests being shipped to Americans, Jen Psaki insisted there wasn’t enough US capacity to meet demand — despite some domestic manufacturers reducing production last year due to a drop in orders.

“The Chinese company Andon Health owns iHealth, which is one of the providers — they signed a $1.3 billion contract with the Pentagon last month for these tests,” Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Epstein said at Psaki’s Wednesday briefing. “Is the administration concerned about [the] optics and messaging of sending something to Americans’ homes that says ‘made in China’ on it?” MORE AT https://nypost.com/2022/02/02/psaki-defends-buying-covid-rapid-tests-from-chinese-company/

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