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Episode 202: The Christmas Special

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The COVID Test and the Flu Test Are Not the Same

The COVID test involves shoving a stick way up one's nose. If the flu test is one of those little tools that comes in a toy tool set, the COVID test is a hydraulic jackhammer. There's much more to the test, but none of it apart from pain involves you. The tests involve taking a stick with a cotton head, inserting it into the patient's nose, swizzling it then pulling it out.

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