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posted ago by EuropeNeedsFixing ago by EuropeNeedsFixing +38 / -0

This is an excerpt of the World Bank on imports by country in 2017:

Medical Test kits (300215) imports by country in 2017

https://wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtrade/en/country/ALL/year/2017/tradeflow/Imports/partner/WLD/nomen/h5/product/300215

Now let's see how this page looked like back in September 2020:

https://web.archive.org/web/20200905210427if_/https://wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtrade/en/country/ALL/year/2017/tradeflow/Imports/partner/WLD/nomen/h5/product/300215

Notice the change. What they call "medical test kits" today, was called "COVID-19 test kits" back then. The same title, except the medical kits was called something else:

COVID-19 Test kits (300215) imports by country in 2017

Our countries were apparently starting to import COVID-19 test kits all the way back in 2017.

Many people should hang for this!