[HN Gopher] Avian flu detected in wastewater from 10 Texas cities
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       Avian flu detected in wastewater from 10 Texas cities
        
       Author : geox
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2024-09-19 21:14 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.cidrap.umn.edu)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cidrap.umn.edu)
        
       | monkpit wrote:
       | In samples from March-July. Wonder why they just published this
       | now?
        
       | onlyrealcuzzo wrote:
       | Would it end up in the waste water eventually even if it was only
       | going around in birds?
        
         | HPsquared wrote:
         | To quote Seinfeld, "It's all pipes!"
         | 
         | I guess it depends which wastewater stream was monitored, and
         | if the municipality has different pipes for rainwater drainage
         | Vs home sewage.
        
         | barbazoo wrote:
         | I'm assuming that would be somewhat unusual, I doubt that any
         | of the water that gets in contact with farm animals is supposed
         | to drain into the municipal water system.
        
       | DoreenMichele wrote:
       | The article suggests it's likely from cattle. A small number of
       | people exposed to cattle have been reported as having gotten sick
       | with it but the opinion in the article is there isn't evidence of
       | substantial numbers of people being sick with it.
       | 
       | Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence. It's an
       | inconclusive piece that seems to be trying to reassure the public
       | that "Everything's fine!" even though no one knows if it's fine
       | or not.
        
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