https://n2v.paloaltoonline.com/square/print/2024/01/07/covid-cases-detected-in-wastewater-hit-new-high-as-resources-dwindle


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COVID cases detected in wastewater hit new high as resources dwindle

Original post made on Jan 9, 2024

COVID-19 cases detected in Palo Alto hit an unprecedented high last week, according to wastewater monitoring from Santa Clara County.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Sunday, January 7, 2024, 11:25 PM

Comments

Posted by pakin
a resident of Barron Park
on Jan 9, 2024 at 1:49 pm

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This is just wrong, wastewater monitoring cannot count the number of Covid cases.

"COVID-19 cases detected in Palo Alto hit an unprecedented high last week, according to wastewater monitoring from Santa Clara County"

See Web Link


Posted by ReallyLiveHere
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Jan 9, 2024 at 3:11 pm

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It doesn't count them, but it's closely correlated with infection counts. Since people are all testing at home, and not reporting test results to any kind of central system (as happened with the PCR tests early in the pandemic) this is the best available measure of how much virus is circulating in the community.


Posted by Anonymous
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Jan 10, 2024 at 12:32 pm

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Please describe the region covered by the Palo Alto wastewater treatment plant. It is not necessarily about Palo Alto specifically showing a high rate of Covid infections.