The early tests required some deep digging into the nasal passages. Uncomfortable. The later tests didn’t go so deep. Not sure if or how that is relevant.
Exactly, and some of these people were pretty uncooperative and, to be sure, some nurses just flat out didn’t do it right. It sucked though because it was hard for us to know what an acutely ill Covid patient really looked like at first and that’s something we needed to know so we needed those test results but it would take days to get them back and, by then, they had been sent to the ICU so those of us in the ER never got the full picture there. And then the test would be negative but we would have all of this other data that said there’s no way it’s negative. So they started looking harder. I don’t think it had anything to do with PDJT. We were just trying to figure this virus out.
Yes, when I go in to see my Mom (in LTC) they give me the “shallow” rapid result nasal test. It’s no problem at all. My 1st test (when my wife, daughter and I all came down with “something” but all tested negative, last Sept.) felt like it was going 3/4 of the way to my brain. However, the nurse was very good and it was quick, so, I’d rate it as a bit less annoying than a sweat bee sting, overall. If THAT was what I had to endure to see Mom, I’d do it without hesitation.