Apparently, Covid-19 Test kits were a hot item in 2017 (and 2018). I am a bit confused as to why so many of the developed countries were mass producing Covid-19 test kits however. Being that, you know, it was a little early to be worried about a virus named after the future....
WITS (World Integrated Trade Solutions) has more details up on their site. I'll put archive links in case the normal ones get pulled someday, for some reason -->
Exports:
COVID-19 Diagnostic Test instruments and apparatus (902780) exports by country in 2017
https://archive.is/8xgHH#selection-555.0-557.8
COVID-19 Test kits (300215) exports by country in 2017
http://archive.is/HoRla
Imports:
COVID-19 Diagnostic Test instruments and apparatus (902780) imports by country in 2017
http://archive.is/oJ7Ym
COVID-19 Test kits (300215) imports by country in 2017
https://archive.is/PTQiQ#selection-555.0-557.8
Looks like China received the most...
Amazing foresight no??
No, they had been named something previously. Then with the COVID hype, they just change the description for the test kits across the board to the misnamed COVID test kit, making all present, past and future references to a test kit be described with the new description in the database. They recently corrected the description for the tests kits to "Medical Diagnostic Test instruments and apparatus", which is probably the same description it was before.
These are obvious blunders to not make, and should not have been made. When editing a database value, it applies to all descriptions for existing records. The item existed long before COVID, because the test kits existed long before COVID. It could be an accident, but I think it's an intentional change as a honey pot to get people to fabricate false conspiracies and then that can be pointed to as another instance to discredit someone.
This would be feasible and I would have come to that conclusion, if not for the fact that they are not using it to discredit anyone. Seems more like they want it swept under the rug.
wow
Clearly propheteers. Amazing find. Strangely these are kits for diagnosing something other than a Coronavirus, as the third link details:
It is strange that the WHO, that helped compile the data for the first two links, chose the name Covid-19 for the virus.
Thanks!
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Just came by to see what you are posting, as nearly 2 months passed since we last communicated.
Hope you are well
You too brother keep up the good fight!
I think this has been planned for over 100 years - this is just the latest revision of what they tried with "Spanish flu"
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