Anal swabs more effective in detecting COVID, says Chinese scientist

Bite my tongue and pass on by…

I’m spoilering this with two clicks because. . . well, I don’t know. It’s exactly on topic and it’s just a line drawing. But consider the title of the thread.

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Quick COVID-19 Anal test! - Imgur

And for a chuckle this morning. From the Daily Mail, a “fake” Chinese video that was taken down shows patients waddling like penguins after getting their swabs.

China assures its citizens they won’t waddle ‘like penguins’ following coronavirus anal swabs after ‘fake’ video goes viral

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9168707/Coronavirus-China-blasts-fake-video-people-waddling-like-penguins-COVID-19-anal-swabs.html

It will only be a matter of time before someone ends up in the ER and explains it away as having slipped in the shower.

I’m sort of in the same boat. I don’t much like talking to people. Next time someone starts asking me screening questions, I’ll tell them I opt for the anal swab.

Early last year, science reporter on our government radio station was recommending that, to reduce transmission, people wear some form of covering on their bottom when out in public :slight_smile:

There was a story I heard a ways back on what must have been a very slow covid news day. It explored “how covid safe are nudists?”. I think the verdict was that maybe they should be careful when they sit on shared furniture. :exploding_head: