Welcome back. Friends to Chet News. I'm Baker.
We're live in
Manhattan
and 14 waste water plants right here in New
York City recently showed high levels of COVID-19.
This could be a grim predictor for a national COVID outbreak. Ched Ashley Mati
spoke to one expert about how to prepare for yet another wave.
Experts say you may want to dust off your
face mask since another wave of COVID-19 is looming,
14 of New York City's wastewater treatment plants showed high levels of COVID-19
in the past week since COVID-19 can be detected in the gut.
This means it's being passed into sewer water when people are using the restroom.
It shows that there's an uptick in people who currently have COVID-19.
Experts say trends like this start in large cities and
can be a predictor of a national COVID wave.
Zachariah Hennessey,
Executive Vice President of Public Health Solutions
in New York says there's a few things
you can do to stay safe if another wave is on the way mask,
particularly if you're going to be in a crowded indoor space
with a large number of people.
A mask will still reduce the likelihood of transmission
testing if you're experiencing any potentially new respiratory symptoms,
like a cough or a sore throat and then obtaining
the bivalent vaccine which protects against the most recent strains
of
Ron.
Right now,
New York City doesn't have an accurate number of people who actually have COVID
since most people are testing at home and labs aren't reporting their results.
Ashley Masar
Chet News.