Wastewater testing reveals COVID-19 at OSU dorm

Researchers are turning more and more to the sampling of human waste to track COVID-19. Keely Chalmers reports.
Researchers are turning more and more to the sampling of human waste to track the COVID-19 virus. Oregon State University is using the information to stop potential outbreaks on campus.
It might not be the most pleasant job, but what OSU staffers are doing is critical to keeping students and faculty safe. They're collecting, then testing, the wastewater that flows through the campus sewer system in an effort to track COVID-19.
"By testing the wastewater we can identify areas on campus where people are shedding the virus," said Tyler Radniecki, associate professor of environmental engineering at the university.
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I would be wearing a hazmat suit

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Like Trump told Bob Woodward, this thing is quite deadly and spreads quite easily, even more so than the flu on both counts.

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Thats b.s. Same thing happened at CSU Ft Collins.

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