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Thu, 2020-10-29 11:21 — mike kraft
Sewage testing shows a country flush with coronavirus cases Across the country, cities and universities are testing sewage to monitor the Covid-19 virus. Maggie Fox, CNN CNN

(CNN) When Rosa Inchausti and her colleagues started testing wastewater in Tempe, Arizona, it was 2018 and they were not looking for coronavirus. They were tracking the opioid epidemic.

But because they were set up to sample the city sector by sector, they were able to switch gears and begin sampling sewage for evidence of coronavirus.
"We were ready for this," Inchausti told CNN.
 
Now the city is regularly sampling sewers to keep an eye on the pandemic. And things are not looking good in parts of Tempe.
 
And they're not looking good in Boston, or in Reno, Nevada, or in many other cities across the country. ...
 
Biobot Analytics has been analyzing sewage, looking for evidence of coronavirus, for dozens of customers, including Boston.
 
As daily coronavirus counts top 70,000 as measured by standard testing, sewage testing suggests things are going to get a whole lot worse.
 
"It's a leading indicator," Inchausti said. "The proof is in the poop." ...
 
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