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Girard442

(6,867 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 05:27 PM 6 hrs ago

The company I work for has ramped up sharply the production of povidone-iodine swabs.

Povidone-iodine (brand name Betadine) is that orange antiseptic they paint you with before surgery. Probably most here have encountered it at least once. Funny thing, why should anyone suddenly realize they need a whole mess of it all of a sudden? Like, maybe, they're expecting to do a whole big bunch of surgeries because of something that happened recently?

I hope this is nothing. I really do.

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The company I work for has ramped up sharply the production of povidone-iodine swabs. (Original Post) Girard442 6 hrs ago OP
Doc's put it on open wounds on the battlefield. pwb 6 hrs ago #1
Which means troops on the ground. wnylib 6 hrs ago #2
Military EMTs and first responders use this swabs. Irish_Dem 5 hrs ago #6
Oh no. Tesha 6 hrs ago #3
It's not nothing... 2naSalit 6 hrs ago #4
Two options... jmowreader 5 hrs ago #5

jmowreader

(53,103 posts)
5. Two options...
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 05:50 PM
5 hrs ago

Option 1: Trump is about to launch five or six ground wars, and they're necessary.

Option 2: Trump found a non-US buyer so he'll use government funding to buy them, sell them to the non-US actor and keep the money for himself.

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