Protect Ontario's People and Economy from Airborne Pandemics petition.
As you will likely know, the Ontario PC government under Doug Ford cut off wastewater testing two months early without any discussions with the Federal government to maintain provincial testing.
If you are concerned about these actions, consider signing this NDP petition!
https://www.kristynwongtam.ca/safer-indoor-air?recruiter_id=59674
#NDP #KristenWong-Tam #WasteWaterTesting #COVID-19 #CovidIsNotOver
The removal of #covid19 #wastewatertesting in #Ontario in tandem with newly available booze sold in corner stores tells you all you need to know about Ford’s #conservatives.
They would rather you drink about #covid than think about covid.
#NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli #bcpoli #cdnhealth #CovidIsNotOver
BC Waste Water
It must be emphasized that these figures are rough estimates. No major decisions should be made based on these estimates, nor should favourable trends be a reason to abandon precautions.
#Wastewatertesting does a good job at detecting mpox #infections, bolstering a push to use sewage to track more diseases.
U.S. Centers for #Disease Control and Prevention researchers found that over the course of a week, there was a 32% likelihood the tests would detect the presence of at least one person infected with #mpox in a population ranging from thousands to millions.
https://apnews.com/article/wastewater-mpox-covid-cdc-66a91045c9ea10924133506ff090d285
New research bolsters a push to use sewage to track more diseases in the U.S. Wastewater testing does a good job at detecting mpox infections. That's according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Thursday. It found that over the course of a week, there was a 32% likelihood the tests would detect the presence of at least one person infected with mpox in a population ranging from thousands to millions. The testing is now a staple of COVID-19 tracking. And CDC is now using it for flu and RSV too. Soon, the agency plans to start watching for germs that are resistant to antibiotics and some food poisoning bugs.
Worth noting that it's apparently been picked up in wastewater *before* any clinical case has been identified.
Hooray http://poops.nz we salute you! 🫡
(never miss a chance to point out that our wastewater surveillance has the best URL ever)
Update to https://poops.nz/ to 13 August #WasteWaterTesting #Covid19NZ
Before restrictions removed, shows marked changes on the week before, nationally
(Still 41/42 sites +ve results)
6/8/23
Wastewater 1.15m
Cases 648
13/8/23
Wastewater 2.27m
Cases 747
Add on a week without masking, reporting etc… 🙄😳
#Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver
cc @curiouskiwi @thoughtfulnz @FarahHancock @marcdaalder @kyhwana @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @mike_honey_
@thoughtfulnz @DenisCOVIDinfoguy @mike_honey_
#NZ Health Minister saying #WasteWaterTesting shows little trace of #Covid19 virus in NZ. Poops.nz showing 41 of 42 sites testing +ve, so I don’t know what she’s been told to the contrary 😓
Especially with the stark increase in cases this month alone.
GP assn & epidemiologists saying masking and isolation is still important…
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