I got tested twice and both were negative HOWEVER....

[JuJuChen]

I was sick and laid up with a cough & runny nose for 5 days wondering if it was COVID waiting for the results. Turns out you can still get a good old fashioned COLD these days too! can't believe I was actually grateful for a cold.

[Grasswire2]

1. the advice now is to also swab your throat, after your nostrils.

with the same swab

Many false negative otherwise, with just nostrils.

[marybourg]

3. Maybe before your nostrils?

[elleng]

4. LOLOLOL!

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[Grasswire2]

6. nope

specifically after, even though yucky

[marybourg]

7. Ummm.

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20220111/nose-throat-covid-test

Experts agree on one thing: If you're going to test both the nose and throat, swab the throat first. In terms of an official stance, the FDA says to follow the test instructions.

[Grasswire2]

8. what experts?

Others say the opposite.

You do know that web MD is not necessarily an authoritative source. It's deeply supported by big pharma money.

[marybourg]

9. And big pharma has an interest in us swabbing

our throats first?

[Grasswire2]

10. ridiculous conversation.

Nobody cares, really.

[marybourg]

11. I care. I would never swab my nose and

then put the swab into my throat. Guaranteed to move pathogens from a place that can deal with them - the nose- to a place that cannot deal with them -the throat. But you, of course, are free to do as you wish.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Happened To Me, Too!

The week before Christmas.
Was bad for 9 days, felt the effects for 2 weeks.

[Haggard Celine]

5. I got sick the day after Christmas, but didn't get tested until last Thursday.

By then, I was negative. I think I had Covid, although it's possible I had the flu. I tested negative for the flu, too, though. Can't say for sure what I had, but the chest congestion and nasal drainage didn't stop until just the other day.