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I followed it pretty close until the spring. My recollection was that the data were noisy but over time seemed to have a strong correlation with what we saw in
by jghn 5y ago
I followed it pretty close until the spring. My recollection was that the data were noisy but over time seemed to have a strong correlation with what we saw in terms of case counts.
Where it was less useful was when people would cite it day by day. All kinds of examples where it'd contradict what we were seeing in the actual COVID data when using it that way.
- dustintrex 5y agoBy "actual COVID data", do you mean positive tests? All things considered, I would assume that wastewater data to be a lot less suspectible to biases (eg who gets tested) and random fluctuations (testing on weekends, holidays, etc).
- jghn 5y agoYes. r/coronavirusma had a daily dashboard with numbers on positive tests, hospitalizations, and deaths.