Posted on 05/17/2022 12:11:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A UK mother feared for her life after accidentally swallowing a COVID-19 test throat swab — which ended up traveling all the way down toward her intestines.
“It was really scary . . . It could have ended up fatal,” Bobby Lee, 31, told South West News Service of the stomach-churning case.
The mother of one had opted to take an at-home COVID-19 rapid test after feeling sick following a night shift, but when she tried to swab her throat, the implement wouldn’t come out.
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There are no instructions so simple that they cannot be misunderstood.
Combination COVID Test and IQ Test. She failed the first half, and awaits results on the second half.
Good thing she didn’t try the anal test…
She gagged and lost control of it. I thought it was a weird story until I read the details. It’s a good thing she got medical help right away.
I hope it was negative.
Of all the possible decisions she could have made ...
Safety tip: Do not “take” a covid test in the sense you “take” an aspirin.
The way it’s described as being stuck in there, it was probably better to do it deliberately and get to emergency, than to let it happen in an uncontrolled way if she gagged again.
Some people have really powerful gag reflexes. I can go into dry heaves if I have a bad cold and try to clear my throat.
I doubt a lot of stories from NY Post and The Mail; but I think this one is legit.
Speaking from experience: if you never get Covid tested, your chances of testing positive go way, way down.
But, but, it said she was using an “implement.” Garden rake, hoe, shovel, soup ladel? Don’t let her anywhere near a reactor plant if she can’t hang on to her tools.
You thot it was “weird.”? But you changed your mind?
Yes. I read the article. I can see something like this happening if a person were to gag violently.
She doesn’t appear to hold a grudge against the pooch, proving once again “Abcess makes the heart grow fonder.”
I cannot understand why people are testing yet. So, you’re sick. Treat it, suck it up, get over it. Seriously.
If she had died they would have recorded it as a COVID death, no doubt.
That would have been counted as a covid death.
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