A new check in Bloomington will open at the end of this month and conduct nasopharyngeal samples, which the Indiana State Department of Health considers popular gold for COVID-19 checks.
The Monroe County Department of Health announced last week that control of downtown will reposition the Armor of the National Guard. Both are sponsored by the state. The new one will be in place until June 2021, according to a press release. On-call control will close and either can operate at the same time for at least a while, said Kathy Hewett, fitness educator at Monroe County Department of Health.
Previous nasal swabs, recently used in the National Guard arsenal, pass about an inch from the nose, according to a consultant at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while a nasopharyngeal swab is expected to succeed in the back of the throat. the cavity nose.
Previous nasal swabs are less sensitive than nasopharyngeal swabs, however, the Indiana State Department of Health has provided education on how to get the most productive pattern to get an accurate result, the door said. – spoke from the State Department of Health, Megan Wade-Taxer, in an email.
“No check for COVID-19 is a hundred percent sensitive, so we inspire anyone who gets a negative check but is symptomatic to do a follow-up check if they’re concerned,” he said in the email.
Bloomington resident David Hamm, 34, said five tests were done in the National Guard arsenal and a test was done with a Nasopharyngeal swab once elsewhere. smoothly at Bloomington at Arsenal.
“It’s bigger than getting tested at all, ” said Hamm. “Not getting tested is simply blindly waiting for the best. “
Hamm said he did not know why the arsenal took past nasal samples instead of nasopharyngeal samples, said this might have to do with the availability of nasopharyngeal tests, Wade-Taxer did not answer the question of whether there is a shortage of nasopharyngeal evidence in his email.
Hamm said he thought there would be more resources over time.
Junior Bethany Dillow won a nasal swab before the National Guard Armory, a nasal sample in Brown County, and several saliva tests as a component of the UI mitigation testing program. Tests.
“I’d like to have a little more data on that, but I also hope it’s some kind of verification and the procedures are safe,” Dillow said. “But I’m curious to know what the reasoning of this is. “
Dillow said he understood some people’s fear of false negatives from less effective controls, such as pin control and previous control with nasal swabs, but did not worry because he followed fitness rules and was regularly monitored.
Bloomington resident Hannah Tyler, a 22-year-old resident, underwent a nasopharyngeal swab exam and several nasal swab checks before the National Guard Armory. He said he was not involved in the slight difference in efficiency, but was pleased that the new site took nasopharyngeal samples.
“If we have enough supplies, then that’s great, ” said Tyler.
He said he sought to inspire everyone to get tested and that other people deserve to know that nasopharyngeal samples are not as uncomfortable as some might think.
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