âThis isnât really unexpected,â she said of this weekâs raid. âYou take down a governor, heâs going to come for you. Six months ago, I was just a scientist trying to do my job.â
Our county has been testing the tourist town here since mid-August I think, and our town a few weeks later.
My friend Aaron is the county public health officer. This post gives a lot of information. I think most germane here is that only 40% of infected people shed the virus thru the stool. It's a great tool for estimating trends overall, but pretty shitty at specifics.
Today I posted to our local NextDoor about a way many of us could get tested. Without doing anything.
Some places are using wastewater analysis to detect COVID hot-spots. The results track closely with infection rates, but about a week ahead. A spike in wastewater virus levels tracks to a spike in infections 7-8 days later, with very consistent correlation. Some universities are even using it to isolate down to individual dormitories.
Lots of folks in our county have residential septic systems. As do many (most?) rural areas around the country. Many neighborhoods require you to maintain a contract for inspections and service. All it would take to test lots of households quickly is to have the inspectors take samples - they're there anyway. Take a day's worth of samples, identified by the contract number on the invoice (no HIPPA issues), and test them all in one batch. Say, ten samples. If the test comes back negative, all ten are in the clear. A positive test means you narrow it down, maybe test individually. Contact tracing is much easier, since all you have to know is who has used the facilities in your house - that should be a pretty short list. (insert 'TBTBF' entry here)
No tents set up in parking lots. No long lines to get a swab jammed up your nose. A fraction of the number of tests, saving precious resources.
Sure there are logistics to work out. Samples need to be kept cold, etc. But the CDC has a well-defined procedure already, and the logistics are a snap compared to drive-up testing.
Who knows, maybe municipalities are already rolling out this idea - it's not new. Once you get over the giggle-factor of testing pooh, it makes sense, scientifically and economically. c.
Our county has been testing the tourist town here since mid-August I think, and our town a few weeks later.
My friend Aaron is the county public health officer. This post gives a lot of information. I think most germane here is that only 40% of infected people shed the virus thru the stool. It's a great tool for estimating trends overall, but pretty shitty at specifics.
Several New Hampshire House Republicans had tested positive for the coronavirus in the days leading up to the Dec. 2 meeting of the full 400-member House â at which Hinch was sworn into his new leadership role. He drew the ire of state Democrats for not disclosing before the event how many members of the Republican caucus were infected and in attendance.
At the time, Hinch was dismissive of their concerns, arguing that infections were inevitable among a group comprising mostly older retirees.
âWe are experiencing higher than usual rates of infections in our state, and the Legislature and its members are not immune from that,â Hinch said at the time, according to the Concord Monitor. âWe are a citizen legislature, and it can be expected that our legislators are at the same risk as the citizens we represent.â
After the attorney general announced the cause of death, Rep. William Marsh (R), a retired ophthalmologist, rebuked fellow Republicans who had opposed health guidelines such as mask-wearing.
âThose in our caucus who refused to take precautions are responsible for Dick Hinchâs death,â Marsh said via Twitter.
Such a shame. On the bright side, folks outside the USA are paying close attention to these 'natural experiments'. Good lesson value.
Today I posted to our local NextDoor about a way many of us could get tested. Without doing anything.
Some places are using wastewater analysis to detect COVID hot-spots. The results track closely with infection rates, but about a week ahead. A spike in wastewater virus levels tracks to a spike in infections 7-8 days later, with very consistent correlation. Some universities are even using it to isolate down to individual dormitories.
Lots of folks in our county have residential septic systems. As do many (most?) rural areas around the country. Many neighborhoods require you to maintain a contract for inspections and service. All it would take to test lots of households quickly is to have the inspectors take samples - they're there anyway. Take a day's worth of samples, identified by the contract number on the invoice (no HIPPA issues), and test them all in one batch. Say, ten samples. If the test comes back negative, all ten are in the clear. A positive test means you narrow it down, maybe test individually. Contact tracing is much easier, since all you have to know is who has used the facilities in your house - that should be a pretty short list. (insert 'TBTBF' entry here)
No tents set up in parking lots. No long lines to get a swab jammed up your nose. A fraction of the number of tests, saving precious resources.
Sure there are logistics to work out. Samples need to be kept cold, etc. But the CDC has a well-defined procedure already, and the logistics are a snap compared to drive-up testing.
Who knows, maybe municipalities are already rolling out this idea - it's not new. Once you get over the giggle-factor of testing pooh, it makes sense, scientifically and economically. c.
They have been testing sewage systems here for a while. It seems to take quite some time for the systems to clear out once an outbreak is brought under control - but that probably isn't the main issue where you are.
Never lived anywhere where you needed a contract to have your septic system inspected. The neighbour across the street from where I used to live had a sidewalk over their tank access. It had never been pumped out. After I had someone locate our tank under my brick patio, I replaced the pavers with different coloured ones so I could mark the spot.
Today I posted to our local NextDoor about a way many of us could get tested. Without doing anything.
Some places are using wastewater analysis to detect COVID hot-spots. The results track closely with infection rates, but about a week ahead. A spike in wastewater virus levels tracks to a spike in infections 7-8 days later, with very consistent correlation. Some universities are even using it to isolate down to individual dormitories.
Lots of folks in our county have residential septic systems. As do many (most?) rural areas around the country. Many neighborhoods require you to maintain a contract for inspections and service. All it would take to test lots of households quickly is to have the inspectors take samples - they're there anyway. Take a day's worth of samples, identified by the contract number on the invoice (no HIPPA issues), and test them all in one batch. Say, ten samples. If the test comes back negative, all ten are in the clear. A positive test means you narrow it down, maybe test individually. Contact tracing is much easier, since all you have to know is who has used the facilities in your house - that should be a pretty short list. (insert 'TBTBF' entry here)
No tents set up in parking lots. No long lines to get a swab jammed up your nose. A fraction of the number of tests, saving precious resources.
Sure there are logistics to work out. Samples need to be kept cold, etc. But the CDC has a well-defined procedure already, and the logistics are a snap compared to drive-up testing.
Who knows, maybe municipalities are already rolling out this idea - it's not new. Once you get over the giggle-factor of testing pooh, it makes sense, scientifically and economically. c.
Several New Hampshire House Republicans had tested positive for the coronavirus in the days leading up to the Dec. 2 meeting of the full 400-member House â at which Hinch was sworn into his new leadership role. He drew the ire of state Democrats for not disclosing before the event how many members of the Republican caucus were infected and in attendance.
At the time, Hinch was dismissive of their concerns, arguing that infections were inevitable among a group comprising mostly older retirees.
âWe are experiencing higher than usual rates of infections in our state, and the Legislature and its members are not immune from that,â Hinch said at the time, according to the Concord Monitor. âWe are a citizen legislature, and it can be expected that our legislators are at the same risk as the citizens we represent.â
After the attorney general announced the cause of death, Rep. William Marsh (R), a retired ophthalmologist, rebuked fellow Republicans who had opposed health guidelines such as mask-wearing.
âThose in our caucus who refused to take precautions are responsible for Dick Hinchâs death,â Marsh said via Twitter.
Such a shame. On the bright side, folks outside the USA are paying close attention to these 'natural experiments'. Good lesson value.
Best I can tell is that in the Cleveland / Akron Metro area we have about 300 open ICU beds out of around 1,000. Another reason I am not leaving this area anytime soon. Hard to find medical care anywhere on this planet better than here.
We all live where we do because of ... priorities / choices we made ? Until those advantages or personal benefits are not advantages anymore. I stayed here because of the medical advantages. A deliberate and conscious decision. Priorities.
Makes sense. I mean it probably wasn't for the scenery
Best I can tell is that in the Cleveland / Akron Metro area we have about 300 open ICU beds out of around 1,000. Another reason I am not leaving this area anytime soon. Hard to find medical care anywhere on this planet better than here.
We all live where we do because of ... priorities / choices we made ? Until those advantages or personal benefits are not advantages anymore. I stayed here because of the medical advantages. A deliberate and conscious decision. Priorities.
