Slowing the Spread of COVID-19, Part 1 of 3.
A series of setbacks in COVID-19 testing has made it difficult to keep up with the virus’ spread and inspired some researchers to look to wastewater to measure how prevalent the virus is in our communities. The SARS2 Early Warning Wastewater Surveillance Platform is a collaboration between scientists from Syracuse University, SUNY ESF, and SUNY Upstate. The platform utilizes the level of SARS-CoV-2 RNA found in wastewater to estimate transmission trends in real time, provide instant feedback on social distancing and other interventions, predict hospitalizations from COVID-19, and give confidence in the absence of transmission for areas with zero cases. This webinar will present the laboratory methods and trends from the first two weeks of the platform operations, with plans for continuation and scale and future modeling of the pandemic.
