Santa Clara public health officials held a press conference today warning that flu is surging in Santa Clara County, as skyrocketing RSV cases and rising COVID rates have caused an “acute sur…
has been used successfully to detect COVID surges over the past two years. When people are infected they shed the virus when they go to the bathroom, allowing scientists to detect increases in the amount of virus in the sewage, before those surges are reflected in case data.
“I’m here to tell you today that right now the wastewater are showing rising levels of flu in every part of our county, in every sewer-shed that we monitor,” Rudman said. The wastewater data shows flu activity in the county is higher that usual at this time of year, on the rise since early November. Santa Clara County has released a new dashboard that allowed residents to more carefully monitor the spread of the flu, including through wastewater data.
Rudman said the wastewater data “provides us an early warning system long before case rates start to go up or hospitals get inundated.” And that’s why they are asking for the public’s help to stop the spread of all three viruses by washing hands frequently, staying home when sick, and getting vaccinated. “Now is the time,” Rudman said, “it is not too late for these interventions to make a difference.
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