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During the [[2022-04-28 Self-Research Chat|self-research chat on April 28]] the question of how these controls work came up. Do they indicate that the person taking the test did correctly swab their nose to take a sample? Or do they only indicate that the test itself was correctly loaded and that liquid is present? | During the [[2022-04-28 Self-Research Chat|self-research chat on April 28]] the question of how these controls work came up. Do they indicate that the person taking the test did correctly swab their nose to take a sample? Or do they only indicate that the test itself was correctly loaded and that liquid is present? | ||
− | + | To solve this question we did two small experiments using a regular COVID test for home-use and loaded these in different ways to observe what would happen. | |
==Experiment #1: Loading the test with only the provided buffer liquid== | ==Experiment #1: Loading the test with only the provided buffer liquid== |