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Pobeka

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3. Don't know how Canada does it, but CDC says in USA wastewater can't be directly related to cases ...

Reply to BlueWavePsych (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2022, 07:45 PM

Mar 2022

... only that when more viral samples are detected in wastewater than in a previous period, it's likely covid cases are increasing, but you don't know how much per capita the increase is.

Ultimately, hospitializations are the best metric these days to know if a new wave is in a region or not.

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Ontario's sixth COVID-19 wave being driven by eased restrictions, science table head says [View all] BlueWavePsych Mar 2022 OP

gee, who could have predicted this Skittles Mar 2022 #1

I am so pissed. People should never have been encouraged to applegrove Mar 2022 #2

Don't know how Canada does it, but CDC says in USA wastewater can't be directly related to cases ... Pobeka Mar 2022 #3

Waste water detection correlates well with hospitalization not cases. BlueWavePsych Mar 2022 #4

Where is the data showing it correlates well? I don't see it. Pobeka Mar 2022 #5

Here are a few links. Enjoy. BlueWavePsych Apr 2022 #6

Thanks! nt Pobeka Apr 2022 #7