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" ... As the pandemic continues on in late 2020, though, with case numbers still on the rise, testing equipment remains a major need around the globe. In order to properly diagnose cases and keep track of the spread, nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs are in great demand. With a novel virus quickly depleting existing testing swab stores, these products have been facing the difficulties of supply chain distortions alongside a need-it-now necessity. ... "
" ... For the study, a team of researchers used NP samples collected in March from 28 of the 99 Covid-19 coronavirus positive cases. In this case, NP doesn’t stand for “no problem” or “nice pizza.” In fact, quite the contrary. NP stands for nasopharyngeal, as in push a cotton swab all the way up your nose until you feel like your brain is twerking. ... "
" ... The Abbot test failed to detect a third of positive cases detected by Cepheid's test using dry nasal swabs and missed a third of samples using nasopharyngeal swabs, which are inserted deeper into the nose. ... "
" ... The rapid test requires a cotton swab to be inserted into the nasal passages and the throat, an experience that is uncomfortable and even painful. Professor Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti, Director of the Pediatric Clinic of the Buzzi hospital in Milan, spoke of the repercussions of an excessive use of swab tests on minors. “We are only in September and what we are witnessing, I say as a pediatrician, is an abuse of nasopharyngeal swabs, so much so that ear, nose and throat specialists are already reporting injuries in the nose and throat,” warned Professor Zuccotti. ... "