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Lateral flow cassette

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88V8
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Re: Lateral flow cassette

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Postby 88V8 » June 30th, 2022, 8:21 pm

Someone posted that lfts may not be picking up infections because the current variants live more in the throat and less in the nose.
Presumably one could supplement the nose swab with a throat swab, without upsetting the test?

Not using the same cotton bud of course.

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Re: Lateral flow cassette

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Postby redsturgeon » June 30th, 2022, 9:40 pm

88V8 wrote:Someone posted that lfts may not be picking up infections because the current variants live more in the throat and less in the nose.
Presumably one could supplement the nose swab with a throat swab, without upsetting the test?

Not using the same cotton bud of course.

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Some tests indeed have you do both throat and nose with the same swab. They suggest throat first.

John

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Re: Lateral flow cassette

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Postby 88V8 » July 1st, 2022, 12:25 pm

redsturgeon wrote:
88V8 wrote:Someone posted that lfts may not be picking up infections because the current variants live more in the throat and less in the nose.
Presumably one could supplement the nose swab with a throat swab, without upsetting the test?
Not using the same cotton bud of course.

Some tests indeed have you do both throat and nose with the same swab. They suggest throat first.

It worked.
Throat then nose.
Emphatic red line.
For the first time, I have the bug.
Thought I'd missed out on all the fun.
Day 5, I think.
Had worse colds.
Thanks goodness for the jabs.

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