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Caliman73

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3. The testing facilities in our area aren't doing that anymore.

Reply to BusyBeingBest (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 16, 2020, 06:49 PM

Jul 2020

They are doing mid sinus swabs now. I got tested twice in the past couple of months because I work with a vulnerable population. First time it was the back of the sinus (AKA poking your brain through your nose) that did hurt, but it was fairly short duration. Second time, I was preparing for it, but the PA that administered the test said, "We don't do that. We are doing mid sinus now. Good news, no more poking your brain, bad news, it is both nostrils now." So, I got both nostrils swabbed at the mid sinus. It was unpleasant but not as bad as the first test.

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OK, I vote the media stops showing the Cotton Tipped Stick up the nose! [View all] mysteryowl Jul 2020 OP

Yeah. I don't have any symptoms but that BusyBeingBest Jul 2020 #1

The testing facilities in our area aren't doing that anymore. Caliman73 Jul 2020 #3

Well, that's a little better than the brain probe, I guess. BusyBeingBest Jul 2020 #4

That is good to know. MuseRider Jul 2020 #6

I think there are other tests but I am not volunteering for that one unless I doc03 Jul 2020 #2

Nose doesn't bother me, if they start asking to drop your trousers and bend over, I'm gone. cayugafalls Jul 2020 #5