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Do Nasal or Throat Swabs Work Better to Detect Omicron?
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December 30, 2021
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2:13Now PlayingAs infection rates rise in the United States, we’ve all seen those long lines for rapid COVID-19 tests. Now, questions are being raised about how reliable they are when it comes to the Omicron variant of the virus. Los Angeles emergency room physician Dr. Michael Daignault says nasal swabs are less likely to detect Omicron than swabs of the throat. That’s because more of the virus can be found in the throat.
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