I am calling the less invasive test a "nostril cocktail" because that's what they do, they swirl it around your nostrils walls like mixing a cocktail but the specimen is basically nostril wall snot. The procedure tickles and I am surprised I did not sneeze.
I spoke to my primary care doctor today, told him about the "nostril cocktail test" and asked him if I could get a prescription for that specific test if Maine does not rescind its quarantine rule between now and my August trip. When I described the test he indicated he knew exactly what it was, named it (I forgot what the name is that he said, but it's not "nostril cocktail") and that he could give me a prescription and I could set up a test at the same testing station I went to. Although I got Saturday's test results emailed to me exactly 8 hours and 47 minutes after the test was taken, he said there was no guarantee of a repeat of that performance and it could take up to 2 days, so he recommended taking the test 2 days before the trip. Obviously it has to be no more than 72 hours so that is a tight fucking window within which to be Covid tested so as to prove my negativity to the Maine authorities. And obviously I do not even want to leave for Maine until I have written test result in hand, or I will be sitting in my hotel room waiting for it to come in, which is not what you want.