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infiniteloop

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Corona mouth swab test anywhere?

Hi
My company is asking for each employee to make a test for corona as routine every several weeks.
I heard the pcr nose test is painful but there is a far better test made in mouth and not painful.
But which hospital is doing this mouth test?

zizo99

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Re: Corona mouth swab test anywhere?

not that painful, rather a bit uncomfortable. and i don't think there is any other way rapidtest is not authorized in Lebanon.

duke-of-bytes

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Re: Corona mouth swab test anywhere?

regular pcr is just bothering not painful ..dont worry

potato

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Re: Corona mouth swab test anywhere?

Its not painful as others said. However the problem is the place where you are going to test (waiting in line) and then to get the results. And ofcourse its not free.

nuclearcat

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Re: Corona mouth swab test anywhere?

https://theconversation.com/coronavirus … ect-136671
"Collecting good samples is not easy" part.
I had somewhere numbers, can't find this paper, but in short, if you do anything else, "easier" than nasal swab - it is much worse results (higher chance of false negative).
There is one more precise method, bronchoalveolar lavage, but you will not like it at all.