Wastewater W̶e̶d̶n̶e̶s̶d̶a̶y̶ Thursday: 3/20/25
Is anyone else counting down the minutes until spring break? Everything is just so MUCH lately. This is going to be a short one today, but here's the scoop because the 💩 doesn't lie!
COVID
Statewide in Wisconsin, the decline in our COVID levels has, unfortunately, come to a stop. Fortunately, we aren't (yet) seeing increases in the biggest sewersheds like Milwaukee and Madison (Milwaukee South Shore had me worried for a couple days there though!). But it's looking like we might have hit the bottom, and unfortunately that "bottom" is a significantly higher level of transmission than the previous two lulls.
If we're lucky, it will be a temporary pause, and then the decline will continue into the summer. If we're not...well...
Here's the thing. Next week is Spring Break for a lot of school districts. And while I may be spending it asleep on the couch*, a LOT of people travel. On planes. And you know what else likes to travel on planes?
SARS-CoV-2.
Over 96% of flights sampled had SARS-CoV-2 in their wastewater.
So if you're going somewhere, and you don't want illness to wreck your vacation, mask up, ESPECIALLY in the airports and on your flight.
*My kids no doubt have other ideas.