As Philpo said, we mainly do covid, but we can do Norovirus, which is a common GI virus that can give you the shits.
As Philpo said, we mainly do covid, but we can do Norovirus, which is a common GI virus that can give you the shits.
Love to hear it! 2 years ago I had no idea that I’d be working with wastewater but here I am now!
Anyone out here reading this, write to your senator about increasing funding to public health!
Wastewater-based epidemiology. Basically we track infectious diseases in wastewater, and the results guide public health decisions.
Is tomato bisque a soup or a warm vegetable smoothie?
Been using this one for a decade and it does everything I need it to.
Wastewater based epidemiology is really freaking cool, and we have covid to thank for moving it from academia to industry/government testing, where the results are actionable.
We are now tracking covid, mpox, the flu, RSV and many other diseases in wastewater. It’s very cost-effective community monitoring and can be applied anywhere from the influent of treatment plants to the manhole cover in front of your gym.
There was a Chinese restaurant in town when I was growing up that used pork stock and I’ve never had hot and sour soup as good as his. Sadly he retired in 2015 and shut down the restaurant.
Baklava is my answer here. That shit is so good but i don’t have the patience to make it at home.
Beef/chicken/vegi stock, totally. I have to drive 65 miles to the closest store that sells pork stock, but I can get pork bones from my local butcher, so it’s absolutely worth it to make my own pork stock for home made hot and sour soup.
Unless is Bio-rad. All my homies hate Bio-rad.
Slide is from 2013, per the article
Great question! For the US, you will need a degree in Molecular Biology/Microbiology or a Medical (Laboratory) Technologist. You’ll then either need to live near the city where one of the few private companies that do wastewater testing ar e(my case), or live near a public health lab that does ww. Pretty much all state public health labs do it, but city/county level varies immensely. For the government route, look at APHL or NACCHO to find information on your local public health labs. There are a few universities that also do ww testing, for example I know University of Illinois, University of Missouri and Michigan State are all doing a bunch of wastewater work.
Feel free to DM me if you want more information.