As more people turn to at-home COVID tests, less data is available to top health experts. FOX13
Testing in Washington state is down – at least, the testing that’s being tracked on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard is.state’s COVID-19As more people turn to at-home testing, it’s becoming harder and harder for health experts to keep surveillance on COVID-19 and how it’s moving."We do get less of a look," said Dr. Shah, the state’s Secretary of Health, "but we’re also relying on additional data pieces that help us make decisions and/or monitor what’s happening in our state.
The Washington State Department of Health announced that Washingtonians will be able to order additional at-home COVID tests monthly. There has been larger discussions about sewage surveillance, essentially tracking virus in sewer systems as opposed to tracking individual tests. Scientists at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas even detected omicron in local sewers before it was detected in a person with a traditional test back in December.
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