Yes, but I don't think "in one's nose" = "infected". The nose has a shit-ton of hairs and mucus and stuff to defend itself against all the dirt, dust, and microcritters that get up there, I bet if you did a very thorough test, you'd find lots of nasty stuff "in your nostrils".
The point is these are the tests the government is using to determine whether or not the economy needs to be shut down again, or whether or not an individual is forced to stay in their homes if they test positive.
I don't see why not. Unless the place was swarming with disease, well, a swab is basically just a snapshot of what was stuck in the nose at the time ... and one probably has plenty of coronaviruses come and go out of one nostril or another without it ever being able to gain a foothold and cause an infection. Just one of those "random chance" moments, like getting exactly 50:50 heads:tails.
And a virus infects by getting into the cells, it can't do very much just sitting around on top of them, except try to get in so it can cause infection, which means that it takes over the reproductive machinery of your cell to make more of its own self.
Because her nostrils are social distancing. Look at the beak on that thing.
lol'd
Yes, but I don't think "in one's nose" = "infected". The nose has a shit-ton of hairs and mucus and stuff to defend itself against all the dirt, dust, and microcritters that get up there, I bet if you did a very thorough test, you'd find lots of nasty stuff "in your nostrils".
The point is these are the tests the government is using to determine whether or not the economy needs to be shut down again, or whether or not an individual is forced to stay in their homes if they test positive.
These are also the tests the media are using to scare us.
Yes, but would you find different nasty stuff in each nostril?
I don't see why not. Unless the place was swarming with disease, well, a swab is basically just a snapshot of what was stuck in the nose at the time ... and one probably has plenty of coronaviruses come and go out of one nostril or another without it ever being able to gain a foothold and cause an infection. Just one of those "random chance" moments, like getting exactly 50:50 heads:tails.
And a virus infects by getting into the cells, it can't do very much just sitting around on top of them, except try to get in so it can cause infection, which means that it takes over the reproductive machinery of your cell to make more of its own self.
I think in this instance the "what" may be of more importance than the "who".