Communities and medical providers can use wastewater data to predict local surges and ramp up testing and vaccination efforts.
Experts point out that wastewater monitoring is no substitute for proper testing programs. For one thing, it’s hard to make sense of the absolute quantity of viral RNA in a community from this kind of sample.
Some scientists are proposing a catch-all approach that will look at the full diversity of viruses in urban sewers across the globe. The process would entail repeatedly sampling the same sewers over years to identify viruses that are typical for that region and intervene when that composition changes.
Outside of a serious outbreak, tracing a disease or use of certain drugs back to an individual or a neighborhood could lead to stigmatization. Also doing such work without engaging with the community could jeopardize their trust. “We
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