00:00Many people rely on at-home COVID-19 tests to determine how worried they need to be about
00:05feeling under the weather, but experts say there are some tips you need to improve the accuracy
00:10of your results. The HuffPost reports that recent research shows a benefit of swabbing both your
00:16nose and your mouth with separate tests. It's good to note that the FDA has only authorized
00:22at-home tests for nasal swabbing, but according to a COVID-19 study administrator at California
00:28Institute of Technology, the virus is detectable in oral samples days before it would show up in a
00:34nasal sample. Experts say be sure to use different swabs when testing multiple areas. An epidemiologist
00:41and Harvard medical alum took to Twitter to explain that the reason testing the throat and nose may be
00:46helpful is because, quote, the virus may start further down. A Yale pathology professor tells
00:52HuffPost that a great tip is to take a COVID-19 test in the morning because it's more
00:57effective than taking it at night. Salon notes that other countries like Canada have already
01:02greenlit throat swabbing at home, but many experts in the U.S. are torn on whether or not to add
01:08it to
01:08your at-home testing routine. Whatever you decide is up to you, but researchers agree that for the
01:13most accurate results, you should seek out a PCR test when possible.
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