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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ COVID-19 levels high ahead of holiday travel season..”

Oh no…

Virginia in particular is “very high”

[url]https://www.axios.com/2023/12/19/covid-levels-cases-holiday-state-map[/url]
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This article is citing CDC wastewater data from the week of 12/2. The CDC is currently showing wastewater data for thru 12/16 and VA is "high", not "very high". https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-currentlevels.html  Seeing higher wastewater readings in December is not surprising as covid cases rise each winter. However, there may also be other factors at play in wastewater readings. Different covid variants induce different amounts of shedding. If current variants are better able to target the GI tract, higher concentrations could be observed in wastewater for each case.

From VA: 
"There are limitations when interpreting this [wastewater] data. Viral loads can change for many reasons beyond how many individuals are infected in the community. These reasons can include temporary changes to the sewershed population (e.g., tourism or student towns), or changes to the virus itself (i.e., variants). This is why trends and context are important in interpreting this data. The level of correlation between wastewater detections and COVID-19 cases is not fully understood, and researchers continue to explore this question. The data should be interpreted with this limitation in mind and should be used together with other data points." https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/see-the-numbers/covid-19-data-insights/sars-cov-2-in-wastewater/[/quote]

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