Early in the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump put his faith in a toaster-sized machine that could spit out test results in a matter of minutes.
In late March, Trump hailed the launch of Abbott Laboratories’ ID Now test at a Rose Garden event and embraced its widespread use at the White House to keep the deadly virus at bay. The president often skipped his own administration’s public health recommendations on mask wearing and social distancing, explaining that "everyone’s tested” around him using the Abbott device.
His strategy was no match for the virus.