Wastewater Is Tracking Down COVID In Communities

For years, public health researchers have known viruses show up in a human's stool. But COVID amped up funding and interest to invest in a network.

What happens here brings important data to the CDC's control center during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Wastewater, nationwide, carries clues on what to expect next from COVID. It accurately detects the virus in the community before it shows up clinically in cases or hospitalizations. 

Sandra Macomb runs a small team responsible for sewer surveillance sample collections in Davis, California.