{"id":19092,"date":"2022-01-11T21:58:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T02:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=19092"},"modified":"2022-01-11T21:58:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T02:58:15","slug":"new-information-on-the-covid-19-testing-kits-that-technically-expired-months-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/01\/11\/new-information-on-the-covid-19-testing-kits-that-technically-expired-months-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"New information on the COVID-19 testing kits that technically expired months ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal regulators have approved another three-month extension&nbsp;on COVID-19 testing kits that technically expired&nbsp;months ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Editorial note: You do not eat expired food, you do not take expired drugs but the Federal regulators say it\u2019s ok to use expire test?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means nearly 1&nbsp;million COVID-19 tests that the federal government considered expired will now be made available to Floridians who have been struggling to find tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiFriedFL\/status\/1476580567206486019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleged in late December<\/a>&nbsp;that Gov. Ron DeSantis stockpiled COVID-19 tests&nbsp;that were \u201cset to expire imminently,\u201d despite the high demand for such tests as omicron surged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THELEDGER-Embed Player\" width=\"540\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/uw-media.theledger.com\/embed\/video\/9106158002?placement=snow-embed\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a news&nbsp;conference with DeSantis Thursday in West Palm Beach, Kevin Guthrie, the director of the state Division of Emergency Management, confirmed that Florida had between 800,000 and 1 million&nbsp;COVID-19 tests that expired between Dec. 26-30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/guthrie.jpg?resize=1024%2C662&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/guthrie.jpg?resize=1024%2C662&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/guthrie.jpg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/guthrie.jpg?resize=768%2C497&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/guthrie.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" \/><figcaption> Kevin Guthrie, the director of the state Division of Emergency Management <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Guthrie, <strong>they had originally expired in September<\/strong>, but the state received a three-month extension on those test kits from the manufacturer and federal regulators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>So when are the lies go to stop?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal regulators have approved another three-month extension&nbsp;on COVID-19 testing kits that technically expired&nbsp;months ago.&nbsp; 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