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The New COVID Truther Freakout Is the Most Absurd Yet

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China is using anal swabs to test some people for the coronavirus. The rest is a right-wing fever dream.

In recent weeks, China has ramped up its use of a controversial coronavirus diagnostic tool: anal swabs. The test reportedly involves a patient bending over, putting one hand on the back of a nearby surface, and using the other to spread their cheeks apart while an official inserts a saline-soaked...

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