"Continuing wastewater, traveler screening, and genome sequencing will be important to ensure the infrastructure is maintained for the next time we need it."īut others voiced concern that investments in public health were being rolled back. "Overall some good news here," wrote Sam Scarpino, an infectious disease researcher at Northeastern University in an email to NPR. The changes didn't surprise independent public health experts. In addition, the agency will continue to monitor genetic analyses of the virus, including among arriving international travelers, to spot any new, potentially worrisome variants. Wastewater monitoring for the virus will provide additional crucial metrics, he says. The CDC will also continue to monitor and report how many people are dying from COVID as well as how often people are getting so sick they end up requiring care in emergency rooms.
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