Why did Tigger stick his head in the toilet?
To look for Pooh!...

What did Spock find in the Enterprise toilet?
The Captain’s Log.... Sorry, I have grandchildren who tell silly jokes.. :-))))

As the virus numbers are waning all over the place, now they are dragging in your 'poop' to (artificially?) inflate the numbers..

Lynda

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From MSN:

NC Monitoring Wastewater For COVID-19 Viral Particles

NORTH CAROLINA — As coronavirus testing begins to wane, North Carolina public health officials’ efforts to track COVID-19 in the state have now turning to poop. But in a productive way. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is testing wastewater samples at 11 treatment facilities around the state in a bid to measure shed viral particles found in the feces of those infected with COVID-19.

Data from the monitoring program, which began in January, is now available on the NC COVID-19 Dashboard.

As of May 11, for example, the state agency reported that COVID-19 virus in wastewater samples in Charlotte had plateaued.

“Wastewater monitoring is a new tool that will help us track the spread of COVID-19 in participating communities even as fewer people are being tested,” State Epidemiologist Dr. Zack Moore said in a statement. “This can be an early warning system and allow health officials to take actions to stop the spread if trends are increasing.”

The North Carolina Wastewater Monitoring Network program is a collaboration between eight public health departments, the University of North Carolina and 11 wastewater utility facilities located in Charlotte, Greenville, Newport, Pittsboro, Raleigh, Chapel Hill-Carrboro, New Hanover County, South Durham, the Town of Beaufort and Wilmington City.

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Illinois to Test Wastewater for COVID-19 to Find ‘Early Warnings of a Potential Outbreak’

Illinois health officials have announced a new system that will test wastewater for COVID-19 and use those tests to find “early warnings of a potential outbreak on a county-by-county basis.”

According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, “is detectable in human waste nearly from the onset of infection, while symptoms may not appear for three to five days.”

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