Published on 12, July, 2020
Ever since Covid, I've been wondering WHY we have to jam the testing stick right up our noses and down the back of our throats.
I have a wonderful facility to hawk stuff up, or blow my nose, why isn't it enough to do that, and just rub the stick in whatever I can produce?
(Which would be a loss less invasive and uncomfortable of course, if somewhat "Icky" to those of a more sensitive disposition than myself.)
If anyone has an informed perspective, I'd like to find a more "external" solution to covid testing that doesn't involve me sticking things inside of me, even if it's considered "socially unpleasant", as I do my testing in the privacy of my own home, for my own edification and to protect the few people I do go out to see from time to time.
Virus particles, and their DNA, are most concentrated inside cells. The stick is supposed to take mucosal cells off the nasal and pharyngeal lining, as well as mucus.