Testing Number Two to predict Miami’s COVID-19 trends – So far it has been a messy process

In March, Miami-Dade County began sampling its sewage as a potential tool for measuring the extent of coronavirus infections.  A Wilfredo Lee/AP photo.

– News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added.

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Testing Number Two to predict Miami’s COVID-19 pandemic  – so far it has been a messy process.

When the COVID-19 pandemic dropped a load on county last spring, Miami-Dade County in Florida followed the lead of Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and other sewerage processing public utilities to test its sewerage for the virus in the hope of using the test results as a leading indicator of the spread of the virus.

While a number of other sewerage processing operations have been able to effectively test poop and then use the results to endeavor more timely efforts to thwart the virus, the process got off to a slow and messy start in MIami-Dade County.

The nose knows …
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The key reason for the back-up in Miami-Dade: delays in the testing process have resulted in testing results to not be complied in time to be useful as an early warning indicator and thus potentially effective public health tool in the fight against COVID-19.

Fortunately, those involved in the testing in Miami-Dade County have cleaned up the testing process and thus there is hope that the test results will soon be more rapidly be processed and so perhaps finally prove to be an effective tool in the fight against the pandemic.

The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc
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In the meanwhile, however, the constipation in the testing of Miami-Dade sewerage is yet another example of how public officials worldwide are struggling in just about every possible way imaginable in their efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

For the full story on why poop is backed up in Miami-Dade: Testing poop to predict Miami’s COVID-19 trends?  It’s been a messy process so far

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