Some social media users are detailing their experiences of getting negative results with a nasal swab and positive results with a throat swab
Public health experts are mixed about whether or not a throat swab, in addition to a nasal swab, is the best way to complete an at-home COVID-19 test.
On one hand, some experts argue that swabbing your throat in addition to swabbing your nose might increase the chance that your at-home test will detect a positive COVID-19 test for omicron. “Symptoms are starting early omicron. This means that there is a chance the virus isn’t yet growing in the nose when you first test,” Dr. Michael Mina, a former associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard and chief science officer of eMed,Symptoms are starting v early w Omicron Virus may start further down. Throat swab + nasal may improve chances a swab picks up virus.
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