“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s top emergency management official confirmed Thursday that 800,000 to 1 million COVID test kits in the state’s stockpile recently expired without being used. At a Thursday news conference, Kevin Guthrie, the director of Florida’s Division of Emergency Management, told reporters when asked about the state’s stockpile: “We had between 800,000 and a million test kits, Abbott rapid test kits, in our warehouse that did expire.”” 1
- NBC Miami, January 7, 2022 – Florida Gov. DeSantis Confirms Up to 1 Million COVID Tests Expired in State Stockpile – The expired tests had been first raised by Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a Democrat running against DeSantis
