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Coronavirus Facts and Information thread:
- Thread starter Quagmire
- Start date
Given what we now know about how COVID spreads, that makes sense. We now know that the best way of dealing with COVID is vaccination+boosters and N95 masks along with avoiding crowded situations where people are not vaccinated or properly masked.
Even if lockdowns were more effective, they've
a high cost to business & education.
The cost seemed worth it at the time. TANSTAAFL
This is a report I found from a NYT headline that I did not want to click on because it would use up one free access. It's a heavy scientific study but basically the finding is that there is COVID DNA in wastewater which might come from animals or might come from humans but not caught in human testing.
Tracking cryptic SARS-CoV-2 lineages detected in NYC wastewater
Here, we demonstrate the circulation of several cryptic lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in the NYC metropolitan area that have not been detected by standard clinical surveillance. While the origins of these cryptic lineages have not been determined, we have demonstrated that they have expanded receptor tropism which is consistent with expansion to an animal reservoir. Other SARS-CoV-2 animal reservoirs have been identified23,41. However, no single animal was strongly represented in all our rRNA sequencing analysis, which raises doubts that a single animal reservoir is the source of all the cryptic lineages.
Tracking cryptic SARS-CoV-2 lineages detected in NYC wastewater
Here, we demonstrate the circulation of several cryptic lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in the NYC metropolitan area that have not been detected by standard clinical surveillance. While the origins of these cryptic lineages have not been determined, we have demonstrated that they have expanded receptor tropism which is consistent with expansion to an animal reservoir. Other SARS-CoV-2 animal reservoirs have been identified23,41. However, no single animal was strongly represented in all our rRNA sequencing analysis, which raises doubts that a single animal reservoir is the source of all the cryptic lineages.