The CDC has a new way of predicting a Covid epidemic in your city
This unusual test method can help show the real propagation of coronavirus in your community.
Stop the Cournavirus Sprep requires knowing exactlyor theCoronavirus is spreading. And since somePeople do not know they have the virus Until they are tested because they do not have symptoms, it can be difficult to know how coronavirus exists in a community.Test of individual persons Can help, but it's not an infallible method, and everyone does not test. This is why disease control and prevention centers (CDC) have developed a new way of detecting coronavirus spread in a certain city or a certain community:Sewer systems test.
In a statement published on August 17, the CDC revealed that they have joined the United States Department of Health and Health Services to develop a portal of public, tribal, local and territorial health services.Submit wastewater test data into a national database. This system will be called the National Wastewater Monitoring System (NWSS).
"The data generated by NWSS will help public health officials to better understand the extent of CIVID-19 infections in communities," read the CDC statement.
According to the CDC, these wastewater - also called wastewater - can be tested for SARS-COV-2 RNAs, the virus that causes Covid-19. Research found that Sars-Cov-2 can beHangar in feces of those infected with COVID, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic. However, the CDC notes that no research so far showed only anyonebecame infected by the coronavirus exposure to the virus in wastewater.
This is not the first time the sewer systems have been tested for diseases. In 2001, the wastewater test wasUsed in India as a method of early detection for polio. And as the CDC reports that almost 80% of US households are connected to a municipal sewer system, it is a way to estimate the spread of COVID in a community "independently of health and access behaviors. Access Clinical tests. "
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This is not a replacement of regular community tests or other existing coronavir monitoring systems, the CDC noted. At the same time, it will help these existing systems by providing "an effective community sample, data for communities where opportunities' clinical tests of CVIV-19 are underutilized or unavailable, as well as data at the sub-county level. " With so many persistent concerns about clinical testing - fromDecreased test numbers in some states ToThe risk of false positives-This new method can prove to be a useful addition. And for more CDC's efforts,The CDC has just made a major reveal with this new COVID directive.
