A misadventure whose business would have gone well …
The President visited Puritan Medical Products, Maine on Friday, June 5. The company that produces the swabs needed for coronavirus testing welcomed Donald Trump …. again without a mask. The man strolled between the employees, wearing masks and charlottes, chatting with some of them. The White House tenant even went so far as to grab a swab and carry it to his unprotected face. As we can see on the video, the billionaire then praised the merits of this production “Made in USA”.
If the publicity is certainly not bad for the company, the presidential visit cost it dear. Indeed, Puritan Medical Products had no choice but to destroy part of its production after the departure of Donald Trump, as reported by USA Today. All the swabs produced during the visit were simply thrown in the trash for health reasons. “Production was very limited (Friday) and the machines only turned during the president’s visit,” said the company’s spokesperson to the American daily, however. The exact quantity of these cottons is not known. stems which must have disappeared.
The affair caused controversy in the United States and more particularly in the State where the company is located. Indeed, in Maine, another third of nursing homes suffered from a shortage of tests in May. On a larger scale, the country has struggled to deploy a larger screening strategy in view of the still too great lack of these famous swabs, which Puritan Medical Products is one of the only two American companies to produce.
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