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Ridgewood NJ, the US CDC has added wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA to its COVID Data Tracker, as virus levels in sewage water may be capable of providing an early warning signal for transmission surges. The tool comprises data from more than 400 testing sites in 37 states, with more than 34,000 samples representing 53 million US residents collected so far. Hundreds of additional testing sites are expected to begin submitting data to the system in coming weeks. The CDC initiated the National Wastewater Surveillance System with a fitting acronym (NEWS) in September 2020, and it has become a critical tool for public health officials since it can show where viral loads are changing, which communities are at risk of a surge in cases, and where medical supplies should be deployed.
An additional benefit of the COVID wastewater tracking system is the identification of novel and “cryptic” variants of SARS-CoV-2. Cryptic variants are lineages of SARS-CoV-2 that contain mutations never before observed in humans. A number of cryptic lineages have been detected in the New York City sewer system. The origin of these out-of-the-ordinary lineages, which also have been detected in Missouri and California, has not yet been determined, but the most popular hypothesis is the mutations arose simultaneously in similar animal hosts, such as rodents that live in the sewer systems. Whatever the source, the new surveillance system could be critical in identifying and tracking the next major variant of concern.
Since the village owns its own water treatment center, are they taking any serious precautions for their employees. Now that the Science has proven The facts.
What a bunch of baloney.
The just cant figure out where to spin the covid narrative next as its collapsing all over the world.
There’s gotta be some thing bad in that dirty water.
How much f-ing money and time are we going to throw at this boondoggle?
End it already.
It served its purpose… bad mean tweet man is out of office.
Well maybe one of our local scientist in our high school can do a test at our local Water Pollution facility, that would be a good field trip. Let’s just really see what’s in the water. That would make a great field trip . Unless one of our Local officials have something to hide.
I totally agree we should have a local water treatment facility plant tested immediately so we exactly know what’s at that location. Let’s keep our employees safe. We at least owe that to them.
Can you imagine What bacteria and another viruses that are in that . ……..
I’m sure there’s some nasty stuff in that waste, I’m sure they know exactly what’s in there. I just hope they inform the employees. Because I’m sure in the past and future , the water Pollution Plant made many employees sick.
Why would any arrogant idiot put thumbs down regarding the safety of our employees. Let’s inform our Water Pollution employees exactly what’s is in the water that’s coming to the treatment facility. Each and every day 24 /7 we have employees breathing The air, and of course dealing with the waist, yes it should be posted somewhere. Just think about the smell of the year what’s in that. Maybe we should get DEP involved.