Sewage Surveillance - Great Lakes Now - 1020 - Segment 2

A need to fight COVID-19 has led Syracuse University into the sewers to test campus wastewater. The virus can show up in sewage up to 10 days before an infected person begins to show symptoms, so the university is hoping scientists can identify the location of the virus, test students in that dormitory, identify anyone who is infected and isolate them before they spread the virus to others.

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[wjcorrinne]

Question, you showed an open storage facility that appeared to have waste water being swirled. These were open vats. So, if the virus could be in the waste water of an open container and being wind-borne will the virus be spread by the wind and if so what would the potential area be for contamination?

[sharkv]

Everything for safety and protection, the goverment wants to help you, yeah right, this is another kind of surveillance.