Just read you should be doing nose AND throat LFT swabs with Omicron

[RedPandaWanda]

Just seen online that as Omicron is acting different to Delta and starts in the throat rather than the nose we should be going back to swabbing the throat AND nose as it’s more likely not to show initially if you do nose only.
We (kids and I) really struggled with swabbing our throats so we’re really pleased when the nose-only tests came out. Can you swab the tonsils with the nose-only kits as they are the only ones we now have at home?
Has anyone else read this?
I’ve had a raspy throat for the last few days but my LFT’s (one yesterday and one today) from the nose have come back negative but now I’m wondering if I could have it.
Maybe I need to do a PCR?

@fluffythedragonslayer

Are people really doing a PCR every time they get a headache? And isolating until the results come? I'd never be in work if that was the case!

@fluffythedragonslayer - it’s madness!

[quote dementedpixie]@BHX3000 the symptoms OP has is not the symptoms that prompt a PCR test. I'd try an LFT first too[/quote]
They would prompt a PCR test everywhere else in the world. The UK is one of the only countries to still list ‘fever, cough, loss of taste and smell’ as symptoms that require a PCR. It’s outdated information, last relevant in August 2020.

No, I don’t do a PCR every time I get a headache. If I know why I get it (lack of sleep, dehydration, poor diet that day) then of course not. But if It’s couple with other (recognised) Covid symptoms, yes I do get one.