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[–]RedditButt 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I haven't heard of this, but was it the PCR, or the rapid test? I did hear stories about people finding out how to create false positives to get out of work/school, but it only worked on the rapid test.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The PCR.

Here's the reuters "fact check" article that attempts to dispute it but actually verifies everything I said: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2442HH/

However, it was President John Magufuli of Tanzania who dismissed coronavirus test kits used in his country as faulty on May 3, 2020 (here), because he said they had returned positive results on samples taken from a goat and a pawpaw. Magufuli has been in office since 2015 and on June 16, 2020, dissolved parliament ahead of elections in October, in which he will seek re-election (here , here ).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Magufuli

President John Magufuli of Tanzania Died 17 March 2021 (aged 61)

So he died 10 months after he made the big media fuss about it.

[–]Questionable 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

And it's been fact checked!✅

  • Trust the science!

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The president of Zambia did not refuse the vaccines, and died at age 97 of pneumonia. The president of Tanzania died of a heart condition. The president of Haiti was assassinated, but did not refuse the vaccinations.

Seems pretty reasonable tho