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How can we monitor human populations in bulk for coronavirus?
Track their sewage!
In general, if test availability is an issue, pooled samples could ameliorate that shortage, e.g. running one test on pooled samples from a whole household. https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-in-sewage-foreshadowed-outbreak-in-dutch-city/a-52972980">https://www.dw.com/en/corona...
Track their sewage!
In general, if test availability is an issue, pooled samples could ameliorate that shortage, e.g. running one test on pooled samples from a whole household. https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-in-sewage-foreshadowed-outbreak-in-dutch-city/a-52972980">https://www.dw.com/en/corona...
The buddies over at @nature @NatureNV also like the idea.
In 3-4 weeks the US government might pick it up and develop a strategy which is then implemented in 2022.
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âHow sewage could reveal true scale of coronavirus outbreakâ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00973-x">https://www.nature.com/articles/...
In 3-4 weeks the US government might pick it up and develop a strategy which is then implemented in 2022.
âHow sewage could reveal true scale of coronavirus outbreakâ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00973-x">https://www.nature.com/articles/...
And here is pooled testing on healthcare workers in Germany:
âTo streamline the procedure, some hospitals have started doing block tests, using the swabs of 10 employees, and following up with individual tests only if there is a positive result.â https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/world/europe/germany-coronavirus-death-rate.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/0...
âTo streamline the procedure, some hospitals have started doing block tests, using the swabs of 10 employees, and following up with individual tests only if there is a positive result.â https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/world/europe/germany-coronavirus-death-rate.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/0...
And this also sounds very encouraging, from Paris. https://twitter.com/_Superbrat_/status/1253342833764950019?s=20">https://twitter.com/_Superbra...
"Sewer monitoring can illustrate the timing and scale of outbreaks that are currently difficult to visualize because of a general lack of human testing, says a biomedical engineer at a U.K. center that is developing $2 tests detecting SARS-CoV-2 in sewage."
This will be extremely valuable during the transition period back to social normalization.
Can& #39;t wait for workplaces to implement monitoring their buildings.
Can& #39;t wait for workplaces to implement monitoring their buildings.
China plans testing of large populations within days, thanks to pooled samples. https://twitter.com/AndyBiotech/status/1265073867090989058?s=20">https://twitter.com/AndyBiote...
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https://twitter.com/BrennanSpiegel/status/1265119535901732865?s=20">https://twitter.com/BrennanSp...
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Great to see the idea of pooled sample monitoring is not going away. But months after I first heard about it, it still seems like the US is far from using this for monitoring and to increase testing capacity.
Ft. @PaulSaxMD
https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1276706295211601920
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Ft. @PaulSaxMD
https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1276706295211601920
Remember how early April (see beginning of this thread) I predicted the US government would pick this up in 3-4 weeks? Which seemed like a ridiculously long time during a pandemic?
We are NOW getting closer. Lets hope I was wrong with roll-out in 2022https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ" title="Winking face with tongue" aria-label="Emoji: Winking face with tongue"> https://twitter.com/DrewQJoseph/status/1276506671737602049?s=20">https://twitter.com/DrewQJose...
We are NOW getting closer. Lets hope I was wrong with roll-out in 2022
