[JohnTHaller]

For the curious, Florida Gov Desantis revealed they'd let 800,000 to 1 million tests expire sitting in a warehouse. The federal govt granted an exception and they're being sent out to be used at testing sites. These aren't at-home tests.

[jjcon]

Wouldn't over-ordering be better than under ordering?

[toomuchtodo]

They weren't over ordered. The evidence strongly supports that they were purposely held back by the DeSantis administration and the Florida Department of Health while pushing monoclonal antibodies [2].

> Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said last week that the tests weren't distributed because of "low demand." [1]

> Florida residents have also described months of difficulty getting tests, with long lines and few testing appointment available. [1]

I haven't filed the relevant FOIA requests myself, but Florida open government and transparency laws are fairly robust for those who are inquiring in this specific matter.

[1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-tests-expired-florida-fda...

[2] https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/coronavirus/2022/01...

[dillondoyle]

There's also a lot of evidence desantis 'hacked' test result reporting and nursing home deaths too.

It's more complicated than a headline, but it's a really bad look to raid someone who was trying to get info out - even if their goal was political it should have been public information and that just intimidates future whistleblowers.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-op-edit-r...

https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/health-news-florida/2021-07-29...

[throw_nbvc1234]

How would they know to use the antibodies if they didn't test people first? The [2] article you linked refer to vaccines not tests. I think you're missing something in your explanation here.

[JohnTHaller]

Desantis et al have been actively discouraging testing of asymptomatic people with confirmed exposures.