Great work by LabCorp and professional staff of #FDA to increase access to testing. Now docs can have patients collect samples at home and send to @LabCorp. LabCorp’s updated EUA allows for patients to collect a sample at home using a designated nasal swabhttps://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-first-test-patient-home-sample-collection …
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Good luck trying to swab yourself as deeply as is necessary.
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Replying to @OsborneOsbeorn @ScottGottliebMD and
There's no way that people will insert a swab deeply. Perhaps this test doesn't require that?
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Replying to @TraceyBeall @ScottGottliebMD and
It literally has to, since the virus doesn't "live" in the front passages of the nose, or the sinus for that matter.
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https://www.gatesfoundation.org/TheOptimist/Articles/coronavirus-interview-dan-wattendorf …pic.twitter.com/S92I230ld3
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