Photo of a young black man wearing a medical coat and with stethoscope and glasses. Headline reads "The fake teen doctor is released from prison"

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   mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 09:35:36 JST mekka okereke :verified:

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   We tested:

   * Nasal only
   * Nasal, and tongue and cheek swab
   * Nasal, tongue and cheek, and hold swab in air near back of throat and cough
   * Nasal, and cough
   * Just cough

   Adding the cough turned "day 0 negative" into a slight positive test, and "day 2 positive" into a super dark purple line positive test. Darker than we've ever seen. 😬

   My totally unscientific understanding of this, is that this is a "throat Covid," not a "nose Covid." And that the false negative rate is higher for this wave.