Wastewater RNA Spike Spurs Covid Concern

Well this is shitty news.

This chart and method of detection is incredibly important! It does not rely on how many got tested or positive results or people with symptoms or not or how many are hospitalized. It is the most accurate way to asses the presence of the virus. Some colleges are doing this already at dormitory locations. I am glad that this article got published today. It is really quite alarming to see the spike over the last ten days. New Haven is obviously not unique as it is happening all over the country. Time to hunker back down for sure.

Statewide numbers have been accelerating for some time, We have gone from 50 hospitalized statewide to over 300 in a month. YNHH has not been as bad, going from 20 to over 50, but it's obvious the wave is coming. People are sick of social distancing, as the article on The Village in Hamden showed, or many other NHI articles depicting people crowding together. . When we get to about 500 hospitalized statewide, we shall see some triage again. Countrywide, we had 100K excess non-CoViD deaths last go round, partly from depression, but also delayed and forgone care for cancer, etc.

But by all mean; let's open the schools and cram thousands of people into air-tight buildings.... because......... ?????

ruh-roh. here we go again.

Please support your local medical practitioners and do your part to lessen the spread of covid.
Limit your socialization. Keep your distance. Wear a mask.

repost but still worth reading: https://collegian.com/2020/09/category-news-the-science-behind-the-on-campus-wastewater-testing-at-csu/

We need localized wastewaster testing. Sure, it's gross, but it's as good or better than demanding frequent human testing (good luck).

Once again careful science provides guidance. Once again public health approaches prove critically useful. We have a tool that can be used early in future pandemics to help plan, contain, prevent. It is long overdue that our US government officials apply scientifically sound approaches to secure the public's health. In numerous other countries where the science is followed the catastrophe evidenced by the overkill of humans in the USA and similarly warped regimes, such as Brazil and India, has been avoided. The pandemic is not over. We must not allow the reins of government power into the hands of reckless solipsists. The people of the USA deserve better.