A graphic illustration of the nasal swab test is causing people to cringe and convincing many of them to heed the warnings from health officials and stay home during this relentless pandemic.
SEE IT: This is how far a swab has to go into your nasal cavity during coronavirus test (msn.com)
Then I saw this from August...
Goodbye, brain scrapers. COVID-19 tests now use gentler nose swabs (theconversation.com)
Early COVID-19 images of swabbing from Wuhan, China, looked more like an Ebola news story — health-care workers fully encased in personal protective equipment (PPE), inserting swabs so deeply that brain injury seemed imminent.
SEE IT: This is how far a swab has to go into your nasal cavity during coronavirus test (msn.com)
Then I saw this from August...
Goodbye, brain scrapers. COVID-19 tests now use gentler nose swabs (theconversation.com)
Early COVID-19 images of swabbing from Wuhan, China, looked more like an Ebola news story — health-care workers fully encased in personal protective equipment (PPE), inserting swabs so deeply that brain injury seemed imminent.