Trump’s COVID-19 Test Kit Unboxing Video Has Viewers Holding Their Breaths
Images via Drop of Light / Shutterstock.com and Abbott
On Wednesday at the White House, US president Donald Trump revealed the latest COVID-19 testing kit, which aims to detect the virus in the quickest time possible.
News footage shared by ABC global head of social media Dan Linden shows POTUS carefully lifting the kits out of the box and slowly resting them on the table. The suspense was palpable, and those in presence watched in silence, only to witness Trump placing the kits upside down.
The scenario has since been likened to something out of The Price is Right.
“This clip is great because it’s possible to watch it and imagine Donald Trump is a The Price is Right model and not actually the president of the United States,” Matthew Miller, Partner at management consultancy Vianovo responded.
Because it’s the internet, someone actually reimagined the video as part of the game show, complete with a voiceover and footage from The Price is Right.
Others poked fun at how cautious Trump was about removing the kits, but sat them upside down on the table.
“Is he supposed to get a cookie because he managed to remove it from the box without breaking it?” one user wrote.
The new kits, developed by Abbott Laboratories, were made to detect the coronavirus with “positive results [revealed] in as little as five minutes and negative results in 13 minutes,” the medical tech company wrote in a press statement. The kits started being available to healthcare providers in the US this week.
Abbott is currently working with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to roll out tests in areas where they are likely to deliver the greatest impact.
stop giving us ideas Matt pic.twitter.com/D6kJlDjbNk
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) March 31, 2020
I bid $50.01!!!
— Katherine Perera (@PereraKatherine) March 30, 2020
Is he supposed to get a cookie because he managed to remove it from the box without breaking it?
— Jerry (@js_edit) March 30, 2020
I don’t really know why this is so funny.
— ScoutLadyNY (@ScoutLadyNY) March 31, 2020
I’m hysterical.
You could tell he practiced.
He set it up upside down.
— Mercyful Nate 🤴💎 (@mercifuln8) March 30, 2020
Who knew that he knew how to open a box?
— Suzi Jensen (@yogagirl777suzi) March 30, 2020
Tomorrow he's gonna learn how to close an umbrella.
[via International Business Times, cover image via Drop of Light / Shutterstock.com and Abbott]
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