I think I/we might have Coronavirus thread (release your isolation-frustration here)

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Greenbank

Probably. From what I've seen it's self administered and they recommend/request you close the car windows whilst you swab both the throat and nose because you have to stick the things far enough back/up that it can hit both the gag relfex and possibly trigger sneezing.

I guess you could convince the tester to back away even further, but I'm guessing they'll just fall back on "the computer says no".

Not sure what they'd do if you turned up in a convertible.

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NotThamesWater in reply to @Greenbank

it's self administered

Surely this just sends the false-negatives way up, as people just aren't trained for this sort of procedure.

But someone proably knows this already, and decided it isn't significant.

Or, as the more cynical of us might think, it doesnt matter, as it's just theater.

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. Nevermind.

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