High-risk settings like prisons and meat packing plants are perfect targets for wastewater surveillance. Virus detection triggers universal testing before the outbreak takes off, protecting people and helping plants to keep running. 1/3 @CollignonPeter @nataliexdean @SaadOmer3 https://twitter.com/tomaspueyo/status/1265568730513317894

Wastewater surveillance is used to monitor for #polio transmission in endemic and recently-endemic countries (to trigger OPV campaigns) and has shown promise for prediction of COVID-19 outbreaks in the US, Europe and Australia. 2/3 https://twitter.com/SaadOmer3/status/1263958316104814593?s=20

Prisons and meat packing plants fail Japan's 3C's criteria but it's hard to change any of those C's (though more could be done). Early-warning through wastewater could make a huge difference from a public health standpoint and be super cost-effective. 3/3 https://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1264897235780845571?s=20

Should've mentioned that @CrowdvBank has a great thread on using wastewater in communities to pinpoint sources. 4/ https://twitter.com/CrowdvBank/status/1265498246497161217?s=20