I’ve had 2 now over time. One they had me blow my nose into tissue, then very very lightly tickled the inside of the nostril. The 2nd one (same clinic)- they didn’t ask me blow my nose, and went a little further up my nose on where it starts to narrow, just above the nostrils. Very very lightly they twisted in both sides. This was for Covid, flu A and B. All came back negative. Bc I still had major symptom, high fever (after all kinds of tests), they ran a second longer test, but did this from blood, after apologizing profusely for having to draw blood a 2nd time.
So I think if you ask for it to be a blood test, it may can be, but not sure if insurance would cover it if it was your choice. Or if clinic would even let you in to draw blood if you had symptoms! They only let me in bc rapid test came back negative. I had to sit in parking lot and wait 20 mins for test results.
I’ve had 2 now over time. One they had me blow my nose into tissue, then very very lightly tickled the inside of the nostril. The 2nd one (same clinic)- they didn’t ask me blow my nose, and went a little further up my nose on where it starts to narrow, just above the nostrils. Very very lightly they twisted in both sides. This was for Covid, flu A and B. All came back negative. Bc I still had major symptom, high fever (after all kinds of tests), they ran a second longer test, but did this from blood, after apologizing profusely for having to draw blood a 2nd time.
So I think if you ask for it to be a blood test, it may can be, but not sure if insurance would cover it if it was your choice. Or if clinic would even let you in to draw blood if you had symptoms! They only let me in bc rapid test came back negative. I had to sit in parking lot and wait 20 mins for test results.