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BlueWavePsych

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4. Waste water detection correlates well with hospitalization not cases.

Reply to Pobeka (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 31, 2022, 08:54 PM

Mar 2022

Since testing is no longer done systematically, there is no way to reliably correlate waste water detection with cases.

The key is hospital capacity in a region. If enough people are vaccinated (and boosted), those requiring hospitalization are significantly decreased. As long as hospitals are not overwhelmed, I suppose that is what is meant by living with the virus ie Covid-19.

More here ... https://globalnews.ca/news/8720190/canada-6th-covid-wave-explainer/

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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