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Updated: 5:06 PM CST Feb 26, 2021 KOCO Staff Researchers from the University of Oklahoma, OU Health and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have detected mutations in the genes of SARS-CoV-2 samples taken from sewage collected across Oklahoma last month.SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19.The mutations that were detected, according to a news release, indicate three areas of concern: The “Pelican” variant, which was recently identified and is largely found in the United States, as well as mutations that are common to the U.K. and South African variants. None of the genetic markers for the Brazilian variant were found. “Mutations indicated that potentially more infectious variants were present at different levels in the wastewater for the different monitored sites,” according to the release.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that many people infected with COVID-19 shed the virus in their waste before they develop symptoms. Because of thi
Poop doesn t lie : Researchers find coronavirus variants in wastewater Share Updated: 11:02 AM CST Feb 27, 2021 Share Updated: 11:02 AM CST Feb 27, 2021
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Show Transcript DISCOVERING WHAT THIS ALL MEANS.. AND HOW DANGEROUS THESE VARIANTS ARE. We can detect outbreaks before they are reported. THIS IS A HUGE AND AN IMPRESSIVE STEP FORWARD FOR OKLAHOMA.AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO OUR FECAL MATTER. Because poop doesn t lie HEALTH EXPERTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE HAVE BEEN TESTING OUR WASTE WATER SYSTEMS, LOOKING DIFFERENT STRAINS AND MUTATIONS OF COVID. We can in fact excrete both covid from out mucus (cut to and cover with video to avoid jump cut) but also in the waste that we excrete THEY SAY THEY CAN FIND A HOT SPOT OR OUR BREAK 7 DAYS BEFORE IT WAS NORMALLY REPORTED. So, if we had a part of town that we just now have a new strain in, (cut to) we may try to focus our vaccine efforts in that specific location. AND THEY HAVE FOUND
The Oklahoma City-County Health Department is tracking COVID-19 in an unique way, through the sewer system.
The research team, made up of several different organizations, said tracking COVID-19 through wastewater can pinpoint a hotspot within a city before an outbreak happens. Those outbreaks can be predicted a week in advance. Virus mutations can also be detected.
OU Medicine s Vice President of Community Health Impact Halley Reeves said tracking COVID via wastewater is the most accurate way to show virus activity in large populations. A hotspot can be whittled down from an entire city s population to just a few thousand. According to researchers, having a specific place on a map helps determine where more testing sites need to be. Vaccine distribution is impacted as well.