'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 Hide Transcript 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 MUTATIONS AND DIFFERENT VARIANTS OF COVID RIGHT HERE IN OKLAHOMA. "It's a virus it does what it's supposed to do it mutates." HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THEY HAVE FOUND A VARIANT THAT DOESN'T RESPOND TO THE ANTIBodies, BUT AS OF NOW THEY HAVN'T FOUND ANYTHING TOO ALARMING. "With respect to the vaccine, w