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The lack of standardization in wastewater sampling, let alone the manner of deductions potentially arrived at by agencies preoccupied first and foremost, with their own relevance, aligns perfectly with a generation of recent graduates trained in the arts of looking busy.

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There's garbage that masquerades as science and then there's pure garbage. So torn on this one.

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Are they gonna make another scariant to virugandize us into taking the big Harmaceuticals' hacksxxxxxines again?

This movie sucks

Turn off the fuckerberg Gatekeeper t v

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But the wastewater models were super helpful to the New York Times hit job on Dr Malone where the poop hunting wench "Dr Angie Rasmussen" was quoted as a pandemic expert.

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Do you ever get the feeling you're banging your head against a brick?

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How are new variants detected?

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Garbage in, garbage out...

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I had a memory of slum dog millionaire boy falling into the shit pile, then once read the article realised I wasted my time, one wonders if these experts chase down wild deer and see what variants are in their droppings also,

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It is good that Dr.Bossche devoted his time on assessment of this important topic – wastewater-based epidemiology, that shall gain more recognition and trigger more discussions among epidemiologists worldwide. Dr.Bossche is well aware that due to incubation period of any pathogen wastewater monitoring is a useful tool for deriving clinically significant data/predictions before their onset. And Dr.Bossche also correctly pointed out that any predictions derived from wastewater monitoring are localised and limited to symptom onset, if any. And Dr.Bossche shall not deny that monitoring of any non-virulent virus such as SC2 that may not even manifest in symptomatic form is much easier and less invasive than constant nasopharyngeal swab insertion population wide.

I wonder when Dr.Bossche shall admit that SC2 is not virulent an shall not gain considerable virulence intrinsically simply because any severity in case of C19 is caused by overreactive immune response and SC2 may gain any additional pathogenic capacity from overreactive immune response in form of non-neutralizing antibody enhanced replication, non-sterlizing immune pressure meditated tissue tropism or otherwise. SC2 can’t gain more pathogenic capacity intrinsically – from mutations, even with super-glycan shields.

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2021 Substack Nobel Human Dignity Prize Award.

Please share with the below listed recipients.

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