Press release of the French National Academy of Medicine April 8, 2021
"Nasopharyngeal swabbing followed by detection of the viral genome with RT-PCR has become the gold standard for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. A nasal swab is also required for antigenic testing ....
While some complications can be considered benign (discomfort, pain or bleeding), serious complications have started to be described in the medical literature in recent weeks, especially breaches of the anterior skull base associated with a risk of meningitis [1-3]."
Even the test should be rejected:
https://www.academie-medecine.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/21.4.8-Nasopharyngeal-swabs-are-not-without-risk-ENG.pdf
Nasopharyngeal swabs are not risk-free
Press release of the French National Academy of Medicine April 8, 2021
"Nasopharyngeal swabbing followed by detection of the viral genome with RT-PCR has become the gold standard for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection. A nasal swab is also required for antigenic testing ....
While some complications can be considered benign (discomfort, pain or bleeding), serious complications have started to be described in the medical literature in recent weeks, especially breaches of the anterior skull base associated with a risk of meningitis [1-3]."