SARS-CoV-2 titers in wastewater are higher than expected from confirmed cases

Re:SARS-CoV-2 titers in wastewater are higher than expected ... by morgengold on Friday April 10, 2020 @02:14PM (#22835755)

There is substantial criticism mounting directed at the Heinsberg study [1]

- Immunity tests used might have shown false positives. So the 15% might be too high.

- Results of the highly infected town Gangelt are not transferable to whole Germany with lower infection rates.

- The author of the study is inflicted with a marketing agency, which is at least uncommon in science.

Own comment: The danger SARS-Cov19 remains in the speed of spreading due to missing herd immunity (in contrast to the common flu). 0.37 per cent is still a lot. USA: 327,200,000*0.37% = 1,210,640. Social distancing remains the single most effective tool.

[1] https://www.zeit.de/wissen/gesundheit/2020-04/heinsberg-stud...

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 titers in wastewater are higher than expected ... by guscost on Friday April 10, 2020 @02:53PM (#22836191)

There is always substantial criticism of any minority position in science, it's a subculture full of bullshit politics like any other. Also see my other comment - 15% could just as easily be too low:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22835310

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 titers in wastewater are higher than expected ... by morgengold on Friday April 10, 2020 @06:25PM (#22837946)

Yes, but in this case the criticism comes from the majority position. Not in a harsh way, but still.

Regarding your other comment about the 15%. You might have a point. But I'm not into this topic deep enough for any kind of judgement.

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