Topic: Wastewater

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86: Pox Luck
2:52:02 - 2:56:20

86: Pox Luck

Wastewater Surveillance and Urban Rats

Public health officials in Fulton County and the Bay Area are using wastewater surveillance to track monkeypox cases, similar to the methods used for COVID-19. The hosts express skepticism about the precision of this tracking and its potential use for localized lockdowns. The discussion takes a turn toward the presence of large rats in urban sewer systems and their historical role as disease carriers.