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When it comes to #wastewater (ww) detection, all COVID-19 variants — and more broadly, all respiratory viruses, are not created equal. 🧵
Going forward, we need combined approaches to track all sorts of viruses & microbes that threaten our health & our economies: air samplers, ww, and yes: direct samples from people, too (saliva, nasal swabs) & even animals #OneHealth. 2/
Importantly, however, I cannot stress enough the need to look beyond the pure technology driven solutions. It’s not just genome sequencing machines, library prep, read QC, 🧬 consensus assembly & phylogenetics. Community engagement & “buy-in” from general public is PIVOTAL. 3/
