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Right, but aren't we (Florida) still doing worse than other states with similar testing policieS?
by whymauri 6y ago
Right, but aren't we (Florida) still doing worse than other states with similar testing policieS?
- rurban 6y agoI've looked into how they administer the swab tests, and they are definitely are doing it wrong. At least the CDC in the Orlando NBA bubble. First they are doing a mouth swab test which will not find anything because there are no receptors in the mouth. Then they are doing a nose swab but only in the nose frontal area (Anterior nares), which is very imprecise. A proper swab test is done wide into the nostrils and swabbing the back area (nasopharyngeal - NP). The way they are doing it will find about 10% of infections, but it hurts much less than a proper NP swab. They are also doing good pulse oximeter tests at the finger, and temperature tests, which is at least something, but only when it's too late already. PCR tests find infections 2 days earlier. My guess is the whole CDC procedures are flawed countrywide. The written CDC guidelines favor NP over OP (mouth) over Anterior nares. International guidelines only recommend NP swabs, nothing else. Maybe they don't dare to hurt the US snowflakes with the NP swabs, so that testing is at least somewhat accepted.
- jaywalk 6y agoEvery single person I know who has gotten tested (in Michigan) has had the NP swab.