Wastewater monitoring took off during the COVID-19 pandemic – and here's how it could help head off future outbreaks - The Conversation

Over 800 sites across the US report coronavirus data from sewage to the CDC. Here’s how this kind of surveillance system works and what it can and can’t tell you.

A communitys sewage holds clues about its COVID-19 burden. Over the course of the pandemic, wastewater surveillance has become an increasingly popular way to try to understand local infection trends.… [+8196 chars]

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