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Re:LabCorp’s at-home Covid-19 test kit is the first to be au... by MikeAmelung on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @10:48AM (#22935374)
As a childhood sufferer of semi-regular strep throat infections, I have a hard time believing people are going to willingly jam the swab back to where it needs to go. To me, it seems like this will just generate false negatives.
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Re:LabCorp’s at-home Covid-19 test kit is the first to be au... by protomyth on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @07:22PM (#22940375)
jacobriis pointed out you only have to swab to the edge of your nostril https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22935617

Strep tests are just a pain. Had one or two every year of high school.

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