对于鼻子中没有先前存在的弱点的人来说，用拭子造成任何损伤是极不可能的。
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People who have had the COVID swab test say that it feels like their brain is being pierced by an oversized cotton bud. Recent lurid headlines will not put people at ease. “Woman’s nose ‘starts leaking brain and spinal fluid’ after she took a Covid swab test”, said the Daily Star. “Coronavirus swab test went so far up a woman’s nose it caused her brain to leak”, was the Mirror’s headline.
Woman’s brain punctured during coronavirus nasal swab. #auspol
Just another reason not to allow untrained people to conduct dangerous medical procedures. //t.co/XSFRhGyUUN— Andy Oz (@AndyOz2) October 2, 2020
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Please do not be afraid of having your nose swabbed. It may be uncomfortable, but you cannot accidentally jab your brain. The swab test is our only way of telling who has and who hasn’t got COVID. It’s a vital public health tool to help us bring this pandemic under control.
Carl Philpott, Professor of Rhinology and Olfactology, University of East Anglia
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