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  • @bekiboo8066
    @bekiboo8066 Год назад +1

    This Doctor has such a calming voice 😊

  • @joeybright7831
    @joeybright7831 2 года назад +56

    Simple and straightforward explanation.

    • @shlecko
      @shlecko Год назад

      @@TheAstroflight oh go on let him cook

  • @markadams3475
    @markadams3475 2 года назад +15

    Ahhh....Soft end first. Glad he cleared that up.....

  • @rugga
    @rugga 2 года назад +86

    Wish I had watched this first, I jammed it up into my brain and circled around up there

    • @sarahbrown2999
      @sarahbrown2999 2 года назад +9

      The nurses at work were jamming them up there like the pcr test.

    • @karat-s7330
      @karat-s7330 2 года назад +7

      Lmao, same 😆

    • @AucklandBlonde
      @AucklandBlonde 2 года назад +8

      Me too then dumped the four drops in the wrong place 🤪

    • @damianmarzola348
      @damianmarzola348 2 года назад +5

      That is funny asf

    • @rebeccahuang7924
      @rebeccahuang7924 2 года назад +7

      My eyes were crying with how far up I put mine

  • @rinaac7827
    @rinaac7827 2 года назад +1

    Watched the video for the GP's soothing voice

  • @AaronKoolenBourke
    @AaronKoolenBourke 2 года назад +27

    From what we have been told lately, this is the completely wrong way to do a RAT. It's what the instructions on the tests say, but we are being told now that we go in, almost horizontally to the cavity between soft pallete and nasal area - NOT up the nostril.

    • @alfredagain
      @alfredagain 2 года назад +2

      Told by who?

    • @Horus-Lupercal
      @Horus-Lupercal 2 года назад +7

      Who told you that? This is important.

    • @bananamiriam
      @bananamiriam 2 года назад +1

      @@Horus-Lupercal This is the same instruction I got @Aaron

  • @ame6048
    @ame6048 2 года назад +8

    You need to squeeze the vial onto the swab head as you turn the swab. To get viral particles off. Key step

    • @squiddybilly
      @squiddybilly 2 года назад

      The instructions in the boxes of the Orient Gene brand ones say just to press around the edge, but I got a different brand from my work that said to squeeze the vial onto the swab head like you and this video says.

    • @anxee
      @anxee 2 года назад +1

      True. It’s not so clear in the instructions

    • @Mary10538
      @Mary10538 2 года назад +1

      Hmm I didn't squeeze the swab. And I feel like crap. I'll do the test again tomorrow

  • @Isdale
    @Isdale 2 года назад +7

    This information completely contradicts what the nurse at the testing station today told me.

  • @jediwolf3024
    @jediwolf3024 2 года назад +1

    Mine has a holder for the dropper and says not to remove it until you put the stopper in so i can't do the squeezing it thing without ignoring instructions mine says to keep the swab in the solution for one minute.

  • @tonicarter1014
    @tonicarter1014 2 года назад +2

    thank you, easier than trying to follow complicated written instructions :)

  • @maryfiaola3686
    @maryfiaola3686 2 года назад +2

    thanx for that Dr Api , you have a very nice voice. Thanx for the video !

    • @shankrl1
      @shankrl1 2 года назад

      Could listen to him read the dictionary

  • @hassanmohamed5678
    @hassanmohamed5678 2 года назад +2

    Do you need to pee on it 🤣 That made my day hahaha

  • @stevekelliher1116
    @stevekelliher1116 2 года назад +4

    thanks,well demonstrated,can take the grandkids to school tomorrow without worries

  • @helencarver4727
    @helencarver4727 2 года назад +1

    You must also wash your hands thoroughly before carrying out the test

  • @vvdik
    @vvdik 2 года назад +5

    Thank you to the wonderful Dr Talemaitoga

  • @tankzy1524
    @tankzy1524 2 года назад +1

    Why do the people at the testing stations stick it right up to your brain when you can just do little circles???

  • @dcampbell5054
    @dcampbell5054 2 года назад +1

    Great instructions. Thank you very much. Nice and easy! Thank you Dr Talemaitoga.

  • @jreverie7018
    @jreverie7018 2 года назад +1

    Thanks so much! Absolute killer headache and eye pain which I never get tonight , luckily just the one line. I guess I'll eventually get it though

  • @kiwi-kt2bo
    @kiwi-kt2bo 2 года назад +4

    Plot wwist: His result was positive

  • @Megan7088-6
    @Megan7088-6 2 года назад +2

    Well at least ya don't have to shove it all the way up ya nose👃🏽 my eyes will water 😂

  • @espencer7507
    @espencer7507 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for this demonstration. I am having major problems with my right nostril after a VA worker jammed the swab up my nose. If I get cold air in the right side, I get a terrible headache for hours. I NEVER allow anyone else to swab me and have walked out of a couple facilities when not allowed to do it myself.

    • @wordhappyHazel
      @wordhappyHazel 2 года назад +1

      You can lodge an ACC Treatment Injury claim for that and should it properly checked out in case there has been nerve damage.

  • @tommysims8276
    @tommysims8276 2 года назад +2

    What’s on the swab

  • @mariamma5021
    @mariamma5021 2 года назад +6

    Really helpful

  • @lwktss
    @lwktss 2 года назад +2

    Thank you

  • @ninjabunnify
    @ninjabunnify 2 года назад +12

    Brilliant explanation, thanks

  • @tcipa100
    @tcipa100 2 года назад

    I thought suppose to be like 2 cms in nostril

  • @-w1ck-695
    @-w1ck-695 2 года назад +4

    There's totally different ones out there. You're one is the easiest then to what i was using 🙄 thanks anyway

  • @Cashiez
    @Cashiez 2 года назад

    My old Dr!!!

  • @SupaNIWA
    @SupaNIWA 2 года назад

    You don't swap the nostril...you have to go deeper, even the instruction says that...

  • @firefistx7477
    @firefistx7477 2 года назад +1

    Doing one now as i have a random ass rash all over me... covid would be the best outcome as aunty googles telling me i got 3 other deathly diseases...

  • @Mary10538
    @Mary10538 2 года назад

    Thank you so much

  • @littlenismo
    @littlenismo 2 года назад +4

    I just can't seem to pee into the sample window without getting it on my hands. But no worries I used some bbq tongs!

  • @otuputaura417
    @otuputaura417 2 года назад +4

    Quick question. Do we put it right up our nose or just where he's putting it?

    • @Josh_Vlogs92
      @Josh_Vlogs92 2 года назад +3

      He is a doctor and is showing you the correct technique

    • @WDFQofficial
      @WDFQofficial 2 года назад +11

      The instructions of mine says put it up roughly 2.5cm in your nostril. But where he’s putting it isn’t 2.5cm

  • @deficator750
    @deficator750 2 года назад +2

    all this talk about RAT test but no one telling us where to get them. we should be able to get them at super markets or pharmacies

    • @MAORIguy25
      @MAORIguy25 2 года назад +1

      Work is providing ours, which is good

    • @ljo642
      @ljo642 2 года назад +5

      THEN DO WITHOUT THEM. If you feel ill, go to a doctor. Otherwise, try living NORMALLY!

    • @ogsnooze8033
      @ogsnooze8033 2 года назад +2

      Testing stations

    • @It-is-me...Melsie
      @It-is-me...Melsie 2 года назад +2

      If you need one go to your doctor or a testing station. It's not difficult.
      And you will be able to get them from supermarkets, if not already.

    • @coleenstockman9895
      @coleenstockman9895 2 года назад

      Get them at Countdown Pharmacy.

  • @martingenet2548
    @martingenet2548 2 года назад

    Clear explanation.

  • @subaru721
    @subaru721 2 года назад

    Had my first test yesterday thankfully it's a negative result....chur

  • @davenee8799
    @davenee8799 2 года назад +2

    the dude didn't give the times involved, ...After the nose twiddle, and the plonk in the solution, and swirl the swab,... then WAIT 1 minute, before squeezing out and removing the swab from the tube.....Then into the well,.... then WAIT 15 minutes..This is IMPORTANT! so Id ask the Ministry to re-film, and correct please. Cheers.

    • @THEREDNEK247
      @THEREDNEK247 2 года назад

      Cool story dave

    • @francois9747
      @francois9747 2 года назад

      Who searches up how to do something just to comment on it the correct way of doing it? You should make a tutorial video then 😂😂

  • @francois9747
    @francois9747 2 года назад

    This girl asked if the swap can be used for your throat 😂 Watchu trynna test, aye?

    • @wordhappyHazel
      @wordhappyHazel 2 года назад

      The nose and throat are connected at the back, so it's not a silly question. There are however more sensitive areas in your throat that you could maybe damage with a swab, so as the doc says, the nose is best.

  • @FrogInTheBog-ov4sy
    @FrogInTheBog-ov4sy 2 года назад

    Yay thanks im too stupid to do it my self lol

  • @TCFung0101
    @TCFung0101 2 года назад

    I think it is the squeezing part (after you puts the swab into the solution) that sounds a bit complicated....

  • @jinjaman101
    @jinjaman101 2 года назад

    july 22 aww, hell I been doing it so wrong, thank you for this.

  • @LeKiarnXFeao
    @LeKiarnXFeao 2 года назад +1

    Nice

  • @ImEasyAs
    @ImEasyAs 2 года назад +7

    He's doing it wrong and just rubbing the soft end against dry skin cells.

  • @NeilDjents
    @NeilDjents 2 года назад

    Rip nose 😞

  • @shastamishra23
    @shastamishra23 2 года назад

    Why pee 😂😂

    • @hycron1234
      @hycron1234 2 года назад

      Some people probably are dumb enough to do that.

    • @francisheperi4180
      @francisheperi4180 2 года назад +1

      I put it up my arse.

    • @wordhappyHazel
      @wordhappyHazel 2 года назад

      I think cos the cardtridge looks a bit like a pregnancy test and works in a similar way (liquid goes on testing area then you wait to see one or two lines appear) and a lot of people don't have much experience with medical stuff. Plus they have been reporting on the news about water testing cities because some virus particles get passed in our pee, so I can understand why some may be confused. But the particles in pee can be from a recent infection, whereas the particles in our nose are from a current infection.

    • @ThiefOfBaghdad
      @ThiefOfBaghdad Год назад

      ​​@@francisheperi4180 lol this is still funny

  • @ljo642
    @ljo642 2 года назад +15

    For crying out loud - stop 'testing' yourselves like some kind of obsessive group of cult members!
    If you don't feel ill, you're not ill. If you are ill, go to hospital. Stop this pathetic virtue-signalling and start living normally - remember ''normal''? If you don't want to, then YOU stay behind your sofa - the rest of us have lives to live.

    • @jizzalhaddad2843
      @jizzalhaddad2843 2 года назад +1

      lol stop

    • @masterroshimagazines4354
      @masterroshimagazines4354 2 года назад +1

      It's required by basically every work place so what are we supposed do?

    • @Infinite-if7uq
      @Infinite-if7uq 2 года назад +6

      "if you are ill, go to hospital"
      That definitely does not sound like "living normally" 🤣🤣🤣

    • @hycron1234
      @hycron1234 2 года назад +2

      Ah well, I got my booster, good luck everyone who isn't vaccinated by choice.

    • @kunz4164
      @kunz4164 2 года назад +5

      You're a perfect example of how dumb & unprepared people can be. You do realize you can still have the virus and show no symptoms at all. Also, whats wrong with testing, better safe than sorry. And these things will only take a little bit of your time (Its super quick). It doesn't take a whole lot of time from your life lmao. I really don't understand people like you, either you are too lazy to take these easy steps or just dumb.

  • @awnyuhm-tikaroa2363
    @awnyuhm-tikaroa2363 2 года назад

    And that's how you waste a good r.a.test. The instructions says it all. When I took it, I followed the instructions. Had my head back a bit, enough to get that stick just above my pallette and just under my eyes, causing it to water (enough for a sneezing or uncomfortable sensation/feeling likeyou'vetoucheda nerve almost inside your 🧠🤯). Then, after doing both nose, twirling around for 15 one thousand darn long seconds, I Squeezed all that mucous stuff off the swab into the liquid in the small plastic container, and put the lid drop thingy on. Then eventually put 4/5 drops into the object (pregnancy) looking device..
    15 minutes later....
    🙌 done ✔hallelujah sneezing out loud, or uncomfortable eye water falls.

    • @keziahheke5324
      @keziahheke5324 2 года назад +1

      definitely ive had 4 different brands of tests now and all instructions are slightly different. How hes doing it is for kids under 12

  • @eyespy1415
    @eyespy1415 2 года назад

    A test wont cure you

    • @zariahmohammed8177
      @zariahmohammed8177 2 года назад

      You can't cure anything if you dont know what you have

    • @meganianferris771
      @meganianferris771 2 года назад

      Good thinking EyeSpy 👍

    • @francois9747
      @francois9747 2 года назад

      Well that's exactly why it's called a "Test" and not a cure.