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Chinese health authorities are ordering the use of controversial but more precise anal swabs to detect COVID-19 for a third year running as an Omicron cluster in Beijing grew to three people as of Wednesday.
China has deployed anal swabs in major cities including Beijing and Shanghai since 2020. In the capital, the method was used in combination with antibody tests as well as throat and nasal swabs to screen millions last winter. While the approach isn't considered practical for tracking larger clusters—an established method known as "pooling" is preferred—anal swabs are thought to be more accurate, especially in COVID hotspots.
originally posted by: infolurker
a reply to: vNex92
Did you see the size of that swab?
originally posted by: PapagiorgioCZ
a reply to: jerich0
Devil wears a white coat
China Uses Anal Tests
originally posted by: Lora73
A simple test for covid and other diseases
Go pee in the garden
If ants come - Diabetes
If you forget to take off your pants - Alzheimer
If you go back home and forget to put your pants back on - Dementia
If it smells like rotten meat - Cholesterol
If it does not smell - Covid
This is a joke, don't try this at home
originally posted by: Lora73
A simple test for covid and other diseases
Go pee in the garden
If ants come - Diabetes
If you forget to take off your pants - Alzheimer
If you go back home and forget to put your pants back on - Dementia
If it smells like rotten meat - Cholesterol
If it does not smell - Covid
This is a joke, don't try this at home