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IcyPeas

(21,865 posts)
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 10:36 PM Mar 2020

so was trump tested? his strange answer about the test today....

Isn't it just a cheek swab????

Asked what it was like to take the test, Trump says, "Not, not uh - something I want to do everyday...you know, it's a little bit of a -- it's a little bit of -- good doctors in the White House, but it's a test. It's a test. It's a medical test. Nothing pleasant about it."


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so was trump tested? his strange answer about the test today.... (Original Post) IcyPeas Mar 2020 OP
It's a nasal swab. Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #1
Let's call it the "Trump Virus"...give credit where it's due. n/t DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #2
Captain trumps flying rabbit Mar 2020 #14
Coward. Karadeniz Mar 2020 #3
Not exactly. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #4
It is a deep nasopharyngeal swab required for viral testing; It is quite a "rotorooter" procedure if hlthe2b Mar 2020 #5
Yes MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #7
oh thanks. still a weird answer IMO IcyPeas Mar 2020 #8
I'm not convinced he was tested. hlthe2b Mar 2020 #9
Wish the question had been posed differently like ask him to describe the test intrepidity Mar 2020 #6
He's a LIAR!!!!!!, BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #10
Why is he tap dancing around the question? procon Mar 2020 #11
Sounds like a rectal exam to me. Under The Radar Mar 2020 #12
Both... Harker Mar 2020 #13
They took a 3 foot piece of PVC pipe SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #15
Schedule 80 - 4" diameter Under The Radar Mar 2020 #16
They didn't finish the job...need to put an Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #17

Ms. Toad

(34,069 posts)
4. Not exactly.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 10:41 PM
Mar 2020
GM: Oftentimes, two. And actually the best test is when we poke one side of your nose and then poke the other side. ... It's not a blood draw, but it's a test that will make your eyes water because we're poking into your nose.


https://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2020/03/13/what-does-covid-19-test-look-like-and-when-do-need-one-st-cloud-ask-a-doctor/5045534002/

hlthe2b

(102,236 posts)
5. It is a deep nasopharyngeal swab required for viral testing; It is quite a "rotorooter" procedure if
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 10:42 PM
Mar 2020

done correctly. See this diagram to understand. MRSA and other bacteria samples can be collected by swabbing the nostrils only about 2cm within, but for viruses, you have to go deep and if they don't it is not a reliable sample for testing.


http://www.hss.gov.yk.ca/pdf/npswab.pdf

MoonlitKnight

(1,584 posts)
7. Yes
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 10:43 PM
Mar 2020

He would have had a different reaction to the question if he actually had it done.

Maybe they swabbed his hamburder.

intrepidity

(7,294 posts)
6. Wish the question had been posed differently like ask him to describe the test
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 10:43 PM
Mar 2020

Before he was bailed out by the guy who clearly was bailing him out by explicitly describing the test.

procon

(15,805 posts)
11. Why is he tap dancing around the question?
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 10:55 PM
Mar 2020

If he truly had the test he would know exactly how it was done. Since he can't give a cogent answer, did he lie about getting tested? He lies about everything else so why wouldn't he lie about a test that he would not want anyone to know if it came back positive.

Something sure doesn't sniff right.

SCantiGOP

(13,869 posts)
15. They took a 3 foot piece of PVC pipe
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 11:12 PM
Mar 2020

and rammed it up his butt.
They all agreed they would tell Trump that was the only way to test.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
17. They didn't finish the job...need to put an
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 11:18 PM
Mar 2020

electric cattle prod through the pipe.

zzzzzzzzzzaaaaaaappppp!

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