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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by shmatt on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:10PM (#29983216)
Health officials in other countries have found it is much easier to detect omicron in the throat, and not the nose, with these antigen tests. This started with a big wave of people who were PCR positive but nose antigen negative. When swabbing the antigen in the throat, the false negative percentage dropped

Swab throat too during rapid COVID test, Israel's Health Ministry says

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...

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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by joncrane on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:08PM (#29984135)
So wait, you're supposed to swab your throat and your nostrils now?

So what's better, getting your throat spit up your nose, or getting your nose mucus in your throat?

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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by adhesive_wombat on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:32PM (#29984501)
The UK-issue lateral flow tests have always said to swab the throat (specifically the tonsils) and then both nostrils at about 2.5cm depth.

Every time you sniff, you get nose mucous in your throat (what with them being connected and all), and when you sneeze quite a bit of throat mucous will is drawn up along with air. And now remember that your intestines are physically connected to your mouth by only a foot or two of squishy pipe and you'll be wishing for a nice clean robot body.

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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by op00to on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:14PM (#29984209)
Follow the directions on the box. If it doesn’t say to swab your throat, maybe wait on that. Free styling on medical tests doesn’t always lead to repeatable results.
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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by adolph on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @03:41PM (#29985428)
Could get worse:

U.S. diplomats in China were subjected to anal swab tests for Covid-19, a Department of State spokesperson confirmed Thursday, adding that a protest had been lodged with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-diplomats-china-subje...

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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by canttestthis on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:17PM (#29984263)
The article says throat first a couple times
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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by causality0 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:25PM (#29983465)
Thank you for that. It vibes with the people I know who likely caught Omicron, they all presented with sore throats.
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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by malshe on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:34PM (#29983609)
Washington Post reported that there is some disagreement among experts: https://archive.fo/1bIa4
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Re:Order your rapid tests from the USPS (US only) by bmj on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @02:03PM (#29984070)
I would expect the FDA to push back against individuals doing throat swabs with an at-home test kit -- the organization approved these tests based on a specific testing protocol (nasal swab). The FDA won't offer alternative protocols until they've looked at test/trial data.
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