Have you taken the COVID test?

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How many times? What was your experience?

Screenwriter · Accepted Answer

I thought I had a cold and it turned out I did, but a co worker persuaded me to take the test. I was working with the Census and was exposed to hundreds of people, though at social distance and with a mask on... buttttt... I took the test. Two versions: the fast test and the three -day results test. Both were negative. They were simple and straightforward. It's like getting a flu shot. Easy, nearly painless. There are several places in New Orleans to get tested and lines are short. In Louisiana, we are a high-testing state, so it's made to be convenient and it's free. We started off with terribly high rates of infection and crowded hospitals, but are general rates of infection are modest. In the New Orleans area it's 1.2 percent. We have some outlying parishes where infection rates are high, still, 20 percent, but they are not the norm. The state, as a whole, is around 7 percent infection rate.

flamiE · Accepted Answer

Yes, only once 😅 my GP made me do it when there were increased cases in my area.. I’m glad I got to do it myself and not have somebody else do it for me even though there were so many steps to follow.. 😂😂.. cause ahh that nasal sample had me crying I can only imagine how much more painful it would’ve been for somebody else to stick the swab up my nose..

Kurαȷ · Accepted Answer

I've taken a test 3 times, yes.
It takes about 10 seconds, it is mildly irritating and may rush some tears into your eyes and make you feel like you want to sneeze.

But I know one crazy sensitive snowflake who literally couldn't handle those few seconds of a stick up his nose so the medical personnel got mad and gave him a mandatory quarantine order instead.

WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

Twice. Came back negative both times. Once I just took one to make sure, then a couple weeks ago I was actually sick, so I got one again. They’re a breeze, q-tip gets swirled around each nostril, takes like 20 seconds altogether. Results by email by like 36 hours later i’d say.

AmandaJenny · Answer

I took it once. (The nose one)

The cotton reaches a really high place in the nose and it feels really dry. It really feels like the day before you get a cold your sinuses hurt and it feels like that when the cotton enters but obviously on one side. Then they take it out and it doesn’t hurt at all but it feels tingly.

Jjpayne · Answer

I did last week! It was free but had to wait in a three hour line in the car, like rush hour for 3 Hours then I got swabs stuck up my nose. A little pressure but not too bad. I got my results back on a Sunday three days later. I had to call them to get the result too which was interesting...

saffoler · Answer

Yes, my employer does the dried blood spot and saliva testing. The dried blood spot hurt like a mother; as you stick your finger tip, and I had to do it a couple of times since I clot easily in order to fill up the card. Granted I still think it is better than the mucuosal swab. The saliva test was so much easier as you just spit into a tube.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

There were volonteers going round here to take a tiny blood sample (a needle into a finger)
It was no big thing.
However - I am aware that as long as I DON'T have it, there is a chance that I MIGHT get it later on.
Luckily, in 'my' country we only have a few cases. So I just keep avoiding obvious risks -and trust my good luck.

Dayman343 · Answer

Yes, at the end of the last lock down in the UK I had to go to hospital for a procedure and the week before I had to have a test and isolate for a week leading up to the procedure. A swab at the back of the throat (made me gag slightly) and a nasal swab. It was negative.

broken_heart_at_48 · Answer

I've already had covid a couple months ago. It was rough but I made it through it fairly easily compared to most. I still get winded fairly easy and I just recently gained most of my wait back

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

As for me I took the test once & when I did it I said WHAT THE FLUFF after I stuck the q-tip thing up my nose. The test is well worth it but the results took a week to get which by than you may or may not have it.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes and i whas positive.
For me it whas a pice of cake.
Nothing very serios, nothing schary, no hospital so in the end i don't care anymore for the pandemy as long i will be alive.

Will you save the world or will you save yourself. I choise just myself :)

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

I never had to get one but did hear they stick a Q-tip up your nose and pretty much further up makes it a little uncomfortable?

nawtee_me · Answer

Yes, I first tested positive. I had caught it from work. I was self quarantined for two weeks and then tested again and was negative and changed jobs to a safer company to work for.

beebella · Answer

I'm actually planning on doing this tomorrow. I'm just wondering how painful it is. 🤔

Nmalinova · Answer

Yep 3 times so far... my partner 5! Here in Lux they are regularily testing the majority of the population! All throat tests though for these regular tests 👍

zeitgeist057 · Answer

I've had it twice, working in healthcare. It's no big deal just a q-tip up your nose a little farther than you might like but it more or less tickles. Not a big deal.

Darcia · Answer

I never taken it and probably never need to take it. I’ve stayed indoors and when I’ve gone out I’ve always been protected by wearing a mask.

Anonymous · Answer

No, but it sounds horrible! Like is there really no other way to test but one of the most uncomfortable (maybe painful?) ways?

douride2 · Answer

I had to get tested before I could go for surgery this past August. I guess they didn't want anyone bringing covid into the surgery unit. It wasn't much at all. It was only a swab up the nose & it was done.

Medlife · Answer

Yes twice not pleasant the guy who scratched my brain lives rent free in my mind. He was really cute 😍

silvermoon84 · Answer

Yes, I took it twice and it’s nothing. It was a bit uncomfortable for me getting that stick up my nose but it didn’t hurt.

Hangry22 · Answer

Just once because my dad got it. It was hurtful and when i tried to hold on to a platform, they shouted at me😟

iseekpinetrees · Answer

I have not husband has. Now everytime he sees pictures or videos of someone getting it done he cringes. So must such.

Anonymous · Answer

Nope, haven't felt sick, nobody I know locally has felt sick, my almost 60 year old dad (who I live with) hasn't felt sick, and nobody I've been in contact with has felt sick, therefore I conclude that I probably haven't gotten it.

evangeline777 · Answer

Once at the airport in Germany. Throat. Negative. I got the result in 30 hours.

Paris13 · Answer

No, But I would Assume maybe Next Year if I travel, I may Need One and also a Vaccine. xx

MrsCM · Answer

Mandatory for my job so I've had it done 3 times and was negative on all 3

Alyssa11 · Answer

Yup! 3 times. I would say it was good because it came out negative all 3 times lol.

jennifer_bloom · Answer

I heard if you work in a nursing home in Ontario, Canada you have to get tested once every two week

20yearsolder · Answer

I have not, my wife has taken it because she had a medical procedure.

Pete671 · Answer

Just once in hospital, they didn't tell me beforehand, it was over before I realised it was happening, best way, the nurse was really professional about it,,,

cth96190 · Answer

Yes. Twice. Each time I developed a bleeding sinus ulcer where the probe stabbed me.

Anonymous · Answer

yeah a bunch. That's the one they do in the butt, right? My neighbor; I think he's a doctor, keeps coming over like once a week to give me that test and make sure I'm still testing negative. He's such a helpful fellow.

TacosRAwesome · Answer

I've done it 4 times.  Test 1 ... Not horribleTest 2 ... As good as a covid test could beTest 3 ... I criedTest 4 ... Not great

joeldalton · Answer

I would never. I would not be in the state’s database. I have gotten an antibody test by way of donating platelets.

Snakeyes7 · Answer

I just did one from my local drug store. I just did the Q-tip looking thing way up my nose and twist it. It felt really weird. Thankfully it came out negative.

_no_one_ · Answer

3 times and it's always negative feeling immune lol.

kaykiiki · Answer

No but I have taken the antibody test which was positive.

BButterfly · Answer

Zero. I don’t have since we are not leaving home unless it’s important and second there aren’t many cases here anyways.

jamesgoldman · Answer

Yeah, 5 times during my stay in hospital  It wasn't that bad... the blood tests were worse

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, but I didn't really need it. I knew I had this effin' virus. It just confirmed what I knew.

TonyMetal___86 · Answer

Nope because till now i never felt the corona symptoms, i'm taking extreme precautions...

Wise4myage · Answer

No, I've been very careful and none of the people I hang out with have caught it.

codyccc · Answer

Once it feels like they poked your brain and is annoying for about 45 seconds its not that bad

MountAverage · Answer

I had to take it three times during the summer, it was mandatory at my job.

mrgspoter · Answer

No not much point for me I don't go anywhere or go around people anyways now even less just get food really

jimmy2 · Answer

4 negatives and i postive. Negatives all most killed me too 4 month's to get over. Postive was very easy

Nutmustard · Answer

Once and it was horrible sticking the swab down my throat

sammy2003 · Answer

No need to take Bcoz I have more platelets in my blood

CuriousMufuxka · Answer

I have not. I am required to have my temperature taken before reporting into work. And then dressing up in enough PPE to make me and everyone else look like retarded knights!

Anonymous · Answer

yeah twice it sucked they shoved that thing so far up my nostril it hurt like a bastard

ct1243 · Answer

No and won’t ever

Nayyr · Answer

12 times and its been positive all 12 times

JaneDoe377 · Answer

Yes 3 times. Today was the 3rd. It's nothing.

scooogy · Answer

I'd only get a D+, so why bother :P

LEADFOOTboi · Answer

never... and i won't if i can helps it

ashkyl · Answer

I’ve taken it twice😂

tartaarsaus · Answer

Twice. It was annoying for about 20 seconds.

DakotaNorth · Answer

Yes once when I was in the hospital

Aakash_Hangargi · Answer

It was quite entertaining

JCT666 · Answer

Nope. Never felt the need to.

Fuentes · Answer

I don't think its real so Naaah

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