I got actual threats when I reported about the shadiness of this company and one of my former bosses told me there would be blood on my hands of I continued...then I was fired. https://twitter.com/natalie_krebs/status/1334507868771524610
Here is a thread of all the reporting I've done on Test Iowa. https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-columnist/how-a-utah-tech-bro-came-to-lead-utah-iowa-and-nebraskas-covid-19-testing-20200424
How a Utah tech bro came to lead Utah, Iowa and Nebraska's COVID-19 testing

Mark Newman, the CEO of Nomi Health, has never worked in health care, except he is on the board of a national pharmacy, which stands to benefit if hydroxchloroquine is approved as a treatment for...

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-columnist/how-a-utah-tech-bro-came-to-lead-utah-iowa-and-nebraskas-covid-19-testing-20200424
I wrote about the pump and dump stock scheme in May https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-columnist/investors-warn-co-diagnostics-the-company-behind-testiowas-covid-19-tests-isnt-what-it-appears-20200520
Investors bail on the company behind TestIowa's COVID-19 tests

Last week, Gov. Kim Reynolds proudly announced that after more than three weeks, TestIowa's COVID-19 tests had been validated through Iowa's State Hygienic Lab.

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-columnist/investors-warn-co-diagnostics-the-company-behind-testiowas-covid-19-tests-isnt-what-it-appears-20200520
I had a source INSIDE THE LAB confirm that things were wrong with the tests and the testing. https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-columnist/testiowa-isnt-living-up-to-its-promise-20200501
TestIowa isn't living up to its promise

TestIowa was supposed to be the answer to COVID-19 - the necessary tool to enable Gov. Kim Reynolds to open the state again. She rushed into the contract with Nomi Health, a tech startup out of Utah...

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-columnist/testiowa-isnt-living-up-to-its-promise-20200501
I actually at one point made a spreadsheet of all the people who had reported having "unsuable" tests to force the state to admit there was a problem. And they did, but downplayed it. https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-columnist/unusable-tests-results-plague-test-iowa-20200626
'Unusable' coronavirus tests results plague Test Iowa

When state Sen. Zach Wahls wanted to get tested for COVID-19, he filled out an online assessment through TestIowa.com, the public-private initiative to expand testing for the disease caused by the...

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-columnist/unusable-tests-results-plague-test-iowa-20200626
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