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Woman Says She Found Used COVID-19 Test Swab In Package From Kohl’s
CBS Miami ^ | December 23, 2020

Posted on 12/25/2020 3:51:25 PM PST by nickcarraway

An Illinois woman says she found a COVID-19 test swab at the bottom of a package from Kohl’s.

Andrea Ellis of East Moline ordered garden flags online as a Christmas gift for her grandmother, but she says at the bottom of the yellow padded envelope she found the swab, which belonged to a woman in Virginia.

Through the clear bag, Ellis could see the patient’s testing information, so she contacted her and made some other calls. “Calling the health department, calling non-emergency, talking to some nurse friends or doctor friends, reaching out to anyone I thought could maybe have something to say about it,” she said.

The health department took over.

The Virginia woman told Ellis when she did not get her results she took another test, and it was negative for the virus.

Kohl’s says it is looking into the matter.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: copyrightviolation; covid19; kohls; vaccine

1 posted on 12/25/2020 3:51:25 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Did it test positive?


2 posted on 12/25/2020 3:58:23 PM PST by thinden
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To: thinden

That’s a HIPAA/FEDEX violation.


3 posted on 12/25/2020 4:00:28 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Is this the equivalent of finding a mouse in your Coke can?


4 posted on 12/25/2020 4:16:08 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m going to go out on a limb and call bullsnit on this one.


5 posted on 12/25/2020 4:22:54 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: JohnBrowdie

No Kentucky Fried Rat?


6 posted on 12/25/2020 4:25:59 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (`)
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To: nickcarraway

Consider it a party favor..and if it tests negative now you can board any US airline


7 posted on 12/25/2020 4:34:35 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: nickcarraway

What is the dang big deal? Throw it in the trash, and wash your hands! Do we need to make a federal case out of this?


8 posted on 12/25/2020 4:36:53 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (I do not regret my decision to cut all ties with Fox News. )
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To: nickcarraway

Is she positive?


9 posted on 12/25/2020 4:41:26 PM PST by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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To: nickcarraway
Something sounds very fishy progressive about this. Not ready to believe it.
10 posted on 12/25/2020 4:41:55 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: nickcarraway

I swear, someone will write a letter complaining they didn’t get one too.

One of the little neighbor boys came to my front door one Halloween.

I was waiting for the little trickster.

I pulled out a huge turnip and dropped it in his candy sack.

His little larcenous pal asked me why I didn’t give him one, too.

He thought he was getting left out.


11 posted on 12/25/2020 4:56:31 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: G Larry; thinden

It said when she didn’t get her results, she took another test and it was negative.


12 posted on 12/25/2020 4:59:18 PM PST by HollyB
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To: nickcarraway

Oh great.

Now EVERYONE will want one.


13 posted on 12/25/2020 5:19:01 PM PST by Salamander (There's Nothing For It But To Sit And Wait For The Hard Men To Get Me Out....)
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To: nickcarraway

Soo! SOO! Sue! SUE!

It’s the way of the world these days. Sue!

We must perpetuate the fear of lawyers! It gives the elite so much control over the little people!

SUE til you’re blue in the face and then sue some more!

BTW, Merry Christmas to all. sue.


14 posted on 12/25/2020 5:32:49 PM PST by NorthWoody (Half of all people are below average, and half of those are in the bottom 25%.)
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To: nickcarraway

BIg frikkin deal. I once found the tip of one of those caulking guns that Taco Bell uses to dispense sour cream in my burrito supreme. Did i call the news media?


15 posted on 12/25/2020 6:39:51 PM PST by webheart (Coronavirus, I give up. Come get me.)
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To: JohnBrowdie
I’m going to go out on a limb and call bullsnit on this one.

Agree.

16 posted on 12/25/2020 9:47:55 PM PST by Mark17 (USAF Retired. Father of a US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained Air Force combat pilot. )
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To: nickcarraway

Big time! Many a time when a patient has been discharged from the ER I work in they leave behind their discharge papers, either they just forget them or don’t think they’re important.

When I find them as I’m cleaning I don’t( and can’t) read them. I can quickly scan the top sheet but I have to immediately turn them over to the nursing desk. You wouldn’t the things I’ve found and turned in.

Once a patient left behind a bag full of medication that could have stocked a CVS Pharmacy. I’ve found money, wallets,jewelry , cell phones. I turn that stuff in right away. Sounds crazy but sometimes you could be being set up too. Hospital ER’s can be a nut house.


17 posted on 12/26/2020 3:02:19 AM PST by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: thinden

The article said NO. I am not sure why this is news. Big deal.


18 posted on 12/26/2020 8:09:27 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: nickcarraway

Were the swabs wearing MAGA hats and yelling this is swab country?


19 posted on 12/26/2020 8:13:30 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: nickcarraway

No no it was a finger in the chili


20 posted on 12/26/2020 8:16:08 AM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you run the tra)
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