The question of whether asymptomatic transmission is occurring in Texas is perplexing.
Maybe (???). There IS wastewater dumping going on from farms, but it is unclear if this would account for all the virus being seen in wastewater. The virus appears not to have picked up the necessary mutations for a really productive human infection as is sort of seen with the Texas farm worker whose major symptom appeared to be conjunctivitis. I think (?) there might be a Kansas case where at least one of the cows has picked up another viral adaption not seen in Texas.
Developing...
https://data.wastewaterscan.org/tracker/?charts=CiIQACABSABSBjcyYTdiMFoGSE1QVl80eL8DigEGMTBjMzE3&selectedChartId=10c317
The question of whether asymptomatic transmission is occurring in Texas is perplexing.
Maybe (???). There IS wastewater dumping going on from farms, but it is unclear if this would account for all the virus being seen in wastewater. The virus appears not to have picked up the necessary mutations for a really productive human infection as is sort of seen with the Texas farm worker whose major symptom appeared to be conjunctivitis. I think (?) there might be a Kansas case where at least one of the cows has picked up another viral adaption not seen in Texas.
https://twitter.com/RajlabN/status/1786825096335630476
Glad you're following this TACT, because my brain doesn't have the bandwidth for all this.