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yea we use it here in NZ to detect where COVID outbreaks are in a region
by didntknowya 5y ago
yea we use it here in NZ to detect where COVID outbreaks are in a region
- sennight 5y agoSewage sampling has been used to survey disease for a long time, but we are at a point now where it is technically feasible to automate the collection and analysis of DNA. If that isn't disconcerting enough, we'll be operating on fairly rough race/familial markers for some time - so just enough evidence to initiate life ruination, but not enough to exonerate. Sewage surveillance was allegedly offered as a viable tool in the hunt for OBL once they narrowed down the Pakistani village. https://www.wired.com/2015/10/familial-dna-evidence-turns-innocent-people-into-crime-suspects/ https://www.wired.com/2015/10/familial-dna-evidence-turns-in...