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How Nose Swabs Detect New Covid-19 Strains | WIRED

Scientists from around the world are using nose swabs to track the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Here’s how it works. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► Follow WIRED: Instagram ►► Twitter ►► Facebook ►► Also, check out the free…

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76 Comments

  1. meme GOD

    January 27, 2022 at 5:43 pm

    2:07 – they are so pretty. GOTTA CATCH EM ALL….. till i can
    bro ????

  2. Goober Weasel

    January 27, 2022 at 5:53 pm

    Cool. All I heard was blah blah blah blah.

    • Josh M.

      January 27, 2022 at 9:03 pm

      Need to get your hearing checked then.

  3. John Wick

    January 27, 2022 at 6:10 pm

    Communism

  4. Jonathan Collier

    January 27, 2022 at 6:23 pm

    Thanks to this video you are down on subscriber

    • Antonie van Bruchem

      January 27, 2022 at 6:27 pm

      Why?

    • paul drummyb

      January 27, 2022 at 6:43 pm

      @Antonie van Bruchem Id guess he may be non beleiver

    • Techalyzer

      January 27, 2022 at 8:28 pm

      Bye.

    • Josh M.

      January 27, 2022 at 9:04 pm

      ????

    • Stargazer87

      January 28, 2022 at 1:24 am

      Seriously ????

  5. J K

    January 27, 2022 at 6:36 pm

    HA HA HA HA HA

  6. Nethersoldier

    January 27, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    Now do how nose swabs ruin your sense of smell forever

    • Josh M.

      January 27, 2022 at 9:04 pm

      ????????????

  7. SAMBORAMBO

    January 27, 2022 at 6:52 pm

    No mask.
    No vax.
    Living my life just fine.

    • Obscuro

      January 27, 2022 at 6:58 pm

      Until you loose your taste or even… Your life because of these stupid decisions?

  8. D S

    January 27, 2022 at 6:55 pm

    Never gonna put that up my nose. Flawed BS test!

    • D A

      January 27, 2022 at 7:04 pm

      Those swabs are used to inject mind control chemicals in our brain brother. KKona

    • Josh M.

      January 27, 2022 at 9:01 pm

      @D A ???????????? you’re joking right?

    • Zack noone

      January 28, 2022 at 1:26 am

      I highly doubt it. There’s so many retards out there unfortunately. I wish em the best but Im not gonna hold my breath on them getting their mind back to reality.

  9. MatixxSK8

    January 27, 2022 at 7:01 pm

    Yup…and I just got tested “Covid positive” as the video got uploaded. ????????
    Such a funny coincident. Stay healthy guys.

    • ilovesparky13

      January 27, 2022 at 8:45 pm

      Feel better soon.

  10. Alex Summers

    January 27, 2022 at 7:23 pm

    Not being too critical, but it’s time for them to explain that this is endemic so that we can enact normalcy and take our vaxx (if you want it, not required) during peak seasons of the virus, like the regular flu shot. If it’s not endemic, then, explain why that is the case, too. You have too many scientists with varying viewpoints. Some are saying that Omicron (variant of concern) works like a booster because symptoms are mild and you get an immunity, and some are saying the opposite of that.

  11. DEMON Eating ASMR

    January 27, 2022 at 7:47 pm

    To Everyone who sees this comment:
    Keep pushing in life and just never give up!
    You are a wonderful person, you can achieve everything you want, God may bless you.????????????

    • Techalyzer

      January 27, 2022 at 8:28 pm

      I KNOW I can achieve everything I want, the problem is with those who try to stop me…

    • WriteThatDown

      January 27, 2022 at 10:31 pm

      All the bots are copying you

  12. Los Bopfos

    January 27, 2022 at 8:09 pm

    TLDR: They don’t

  13. Gonza A

    January 27, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    Gil

  14. Luna????????**СК МЕ - СНЕ???????? ???????? Р????0????????????Е

    January 27, 2022 at 8:17 pm

    Nose swabs feel deeper than the ocean.

  15. Gianna ????T[A]P Me!! to Have [????]???????? With ????????

    January 27, 2022 at 8:33 pm

    Nose swabs feel deeper than the ocean.

  16. Spitfire is My Captain

    January 27, 2022 at 9:03 pm

    Me a Medtech feels finally seen. We do most of the covid testing through PCR. It’s a very time consuming test and you need to be patient and have a very steady hand and strong shoulder because of all the pipetting you have to do. When the patient gets their result they only get one word : Positive or Negative without knowing how much time went into getting that result.

  17. Scarlett???? ????**СК МЕ - СНЕℂ???? ???????? Рℝ????????????????Е????

    January 27, 2022 at 9:08 pm

    To Everyone who sees this comment:
    Keep pushing in life and just never give up!
    You are a wonderful person, you can achieve everything you want, God may bless you.

  18. Riya ✨ Bond T[A]P ON [M][Y] PlcTuRE

    January 27, 2022 at 9:18 pm

    To Everyone who sees this comment:
    Keep pushing in life and just never give up!
    You are a wonderful person, you can achieve everything you want, God may bless you.

  19. Aurora???????????? ???????? ???????? ???????????????????????????? [????!????????]

    January 27, 2022 at 9:33 pm

    To Everyone who sees this comment:
    Keep pushing in life and just never give up!
    You are a wonderful person, you can achieve everything you want, God may bless you.

  20. ⭕ To Have [S]EX With Me T[A]P Me!!

    January 27, 2022 at 9:56 pm

    Me a Medtech feels finally seen. We do most of the covid testing through PCR. It’s a very time consuming test and you need to be patient and have a very steady hand and strong shoulder because of all the pipetting you have to do. When the patient gets their result they only get one word : Positive or Negative without knowing how much time went into getting that result.

  21. Venny- ???????????? ???????? ???????? ???????????????????????????? [????!????????]????

    January 27, 2022 at 10:21 pm

    Me a Medtech feels finally seen. We do most of the covid testing through PCR. It’s a very time consuming test and you need to be patient and have a very steady hand and strong shoulder because of all the pipetting you have to do. When the patient gets their result they only get one word : Positive or Negative without knowing how much time went into getting that result.

  22. watchwinder

    January 27, 2022 at 10:39 pm

    Imagine having to test yourself for the illness that you’re triple vaccinated against ????????.

  23. a alice

    January 28, 2022 at 12:11 am

    Matthew 13:42 revelation 13 16-17 Jesus is coming soon! As long as you’re breathing its not too late. God loves you. My heart hurts Alot of you will fall for this temporary worldy things. Wake up, everything is temporary. God bless you. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

  24. SHARON-????????**СК МЕ - СНЕℂ???? ???????? Рℝ????????????????Е????

    January 28, 2022 at 1:18 am

    Me a Medtech feels finally seen. We do most of the covid testing through PCR. It’s a very time consuming test and you need to be patient and have a very steady hand and strong shoulder because of all the pipetting you have to do. When the patient gets their result they only get one word : Positive or Negative without knowing how much time went into getting that result.

  25. Hui- ????????**СК МЕ - СНЕ???????? ???????? Р????0????????????Е????

    January 28, 2022 at 1:57 am

    Me a Medtech feels finally seen. We do most of the covid testing through PCR. It’s a very time consuming test and you need to be patient and have a very steady hand and strong shoulder because of all the pipetting you have to do. When the patient gets their result they only get one word : Positive or Negative without knowing how much time went into getting that result.

  26. Rey De Guzman

    January 28, 2022 at 2:26 am

    Do we have the tests for HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE?

    NO?

    Even if we manage to spray muriatic acid to every square meter of the planet, the virus shall still exist, right? Given that viruses are the great catalyst of co-evolution & life of the planetary biome. Therefore, health & environmental resilience/harmony is the only thing that we must put our focus on rather than “gassing” the population with “inoculants” meant to “reduce” the “95%” that shall artificially sort out the strafication of resources even though the nucleus of the society is the main issue, while the followers/sl.a.v.e.s are the non-issue that is taking the id.ioti.c. heat.

    Seriously, the Natural Sciences exist yet we are still managing to follow blindly or in fear until we are all encircled & collapsed?

    F*ck all of you ❤????????????.

  27. Chad Houser

    January 28, 2022 at 2:39 am

    Ahhhh, the narrative is failing. CDC=????! Follow the money folks. My stepdad is an anesthesiologist and he calls bull???? on the hospital “overflowing with new ‘vid patients”. Not so. Open your eyes people and think for yourself. Good luck

  28. Super Jesus

    January 28, 2022 at 2:56 am

    All that, with only a 40% false-positive rate.

  29. Venny-???? ????**СК МЕ - СНЕ???????? ???????? Р????????????????????Е????

    January 28, 2022 at 3:53 am

    Nose swabs feel deeper than the ocean.

  30. jayjesse77

    January 28, 2022 at 4:12 am

    lol

  31. Sussa-????**СК МЕ - СНЕ???????? ???????? Р????????????????????Е????

    January 28, 2022 at 4:12 am

    Me a Medtech feels finally seen. We do most of the covid testing through PCR. It’s a very time consuming test and you need to be patient and have a very steady hand and strong shoulder because of all the pipetting you have to do. When the patient gets their result they only get one word : Positive or Negative without knowing how much time went into getting that result.

  32. SKEMT

    January 28, 2022 at 4:33 am

    Genomic sequencing does NOT tell you HOW OLD a virus/variant is. It does not tell you WHEN a virus/variant “emerged”.

  33. David P

    January 28, 2022 at 6:08 am

    Terrifying that some nose swabs are being sent for gene sequencing without patient permission.

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    January 28, 2022 at 7:05 am

    Hi. Forgive me for this, I am just on survival mode. ???? I hope it isnt too much to ask, can anyone here help me or maybe pray for me and my family? ????
    We’re truly in a bad financial situation. Idk what else to do anymore to save our finances, I feel like I am drowning. Again. ???? May I be able to finally have a stable source of income so that I can provide for myself and my family. Need to be able to put food on the table, my dad needs constant medication, got bills and rent to pay. The weight is just too much. Every aspect of our lives are badly affected with all these problems. Please pray for us. May GOD also hold me tight for I might lose my sanity anytime now.????️
    Thank you. GOD bless your kind heart. ????

  35. Susie Arviso

    January 28, 2022 at 7:28 am

    Scientists are merely human beings; capable of sinning, lying and manipulating … even killing. We didn’t need Covid vaccines in the first place! Covid was produced in a lab and pushed on us. They keep spinning it out over and over. Anyone who thinks the government has our best interest at heart is a gullible idiot.

  36. yusran lazuardi

    January 28, 2022 at 7:43 am

    Yang di kasih tanda merah artinya apa ya ?

  37. Mr Smokeyman

    January 28, 2022 at 7:48 am

    All test are false positives

  38. SILLY GARDENER

    January 28, 2022 at 7:59 am

    Hi I heard in my places again after new variant came names neo strain is it real or fake

  39. Trying to Thrive

    January 28, 2022 at 8:06 am

    That nose swab feels different each time. Sometimes it’s tolerable, sometimes the swabbing gets a little too intense.

  40. Ry Rosa

    January 28, 2022 at 9:15 am

    Spike protein in the shot, no thanks….

  41. sideflip

    January 28, 2022 at 10:07 am

    Is this a joke?

  42. A. H. S

    January 28, 2022 at 1:03 pm

    It’s making me feel so sick right now I never felt so bad like this with any other viruses this one is the worserest one I ever had

    • A. H. S

      January 28, 2022 at 1:34 pm

      I think them truckers that are protesting against the covid vaccines are nuts they need to wake up and look at what’s going on in the hospitals and see all of them dead bodies most of them are unvaccinated, my state just announced that it hit an record high of hospitalization yesterday they overwhelmed with all of them dead bodies unvaccinated ones

    • danceswithdirt

      January 28, 2022 at 2:18 pm

      Feel better dude. Stay hydrated, treat the symptoms you can treat. Chicken soup isn’t just a folk remedy. Hang in there.

  43. J K

    January 28, 2022 at 5:10 pm

    I refuse nose swabs.

  44. Rossy????????**СК МЕ - СНЕℂ???? ???????? Рℝ????????????????Е????

    January 28, 2022 at 6:45 pm

    Me a Medtech feels finally seen. We do most of the covid testing through PCR. It’s a very time consuming test and you need to be patient and have a very steady hand and strong shoulder because of all the pipetting you have to do. When the patient gets their result they only get one word : Positive or Negative without knowing how much time went into getting that result.

  45. Megan ✨ Tαρ мє t0 ѕєχ ω!тн мє ✨

    January 28, 2022 at 8:36 pm

    Nose swabs feel deeper than the ocean.

  46. REMONA-_ T[A]P Me!! To Have [S]EX???? With Me

    January 28, 2022 at 11:11 pm

    To Everyone who sees this comment:
    Keep pushing in life and just never give up!
    You are a wonderful person, you can achieve everything you want, God may bless you.

  47. Mei ???? I am Online ???? F Uc_k me

    January 28, 2022 at 11:14 pm

    To Everyone who sees this comment:
    Keep pushing in life and just never give up!
    You are a wonderful person, you can achieve everything you want, God may bless you.

  48. Frank Tuchi

    January 29, 2022 at 1:16 am

    Jajaja

  49. Michael D'amato

    January 29, 2022 at 4:56 am

    Here’s the thing that someone has missed, testing sites can pass the virus to the next car, cause they aren’t changing gloves or garment they’re wearing.

  50. Christopher X

    January 29, 2022 at 5:18 am

    Why does Covid mock my childhood? They either look like a Koosh or an Everlasting Gobstopper.

    • lekshmi priya

      January 29, 2022 at 5:33 am

      How old are you? I’m 14.

  51. Zoey ???????????? ???????? ???????? ????????????????????????????????[????!????????]

    January 29, 2022 at 8:47 am

    To Everyone who sees this comment:
    Keep pushing in life and just never give up!
    You are a wonderful person, you can achieve everything you want, God may bless you.

  52. Toni Montagna

    January 29, 2022 at 3:31 pm

    Bla bla, moneymaking on our costs!! Fck big pharma!

  53. Yxzjvc

    January 29, 2022 at 10:31 pm

    Tf is this whole spam in comments

  54. Michael A

    January 30, 2022 at 5:06 am

    The inventor of the PCR who was Kary Mullis specifically stated that the PCR test was not Ever meant for this type of testing and cannot test for any specific virus. Some of us also know you can get any result you want by the number of cycles. So thanks for being a part of this PLANdemic and wasting people’s time. How convenient for the government that he dies just months before this all started. How convenient. ????????

  55. Adam Kučera

    January 30, 2022 at 3:06 pm

    no

  56. Mello

    January 30, 2022 at 5:08 pm

    Nose swabs are the bane of my existence,
    I dont only avoid covid for health and life reasons but to avoid the pain of getting tested

  57. David r

    February 1, 2022 at 10:01 am

    Not comfortable with the fact that it goes to a DNA lab. Sure I get it that the virus gets deconstructed to figure out what strain it is.. But what happens to the DNA of the PATIENT ? Is that data expunged or are we all being databased / cataloged ?

  58. Tyrants

    February 1, 2022 at 8:56 pm

    They dont, they are highly inaccurate

  59. James T.

    February 5, 2022 at 3:01 am

    NO ONE SWABS MY NOSE WITH THOSE F-CKING STICKS. THAT’S FOR SURE.

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