@PacificNic @Edelruth @NilaJones
Sure, and I get the concern, especially because the latest spread in cows has been said to be asymptomatic when visually inspecting the cows.
I think it points out the holes in the system. Who determines that they should be testing pigs? Who pays for it? Do farmers have to have their pigs tested? At what point do we start mass-surveilling people looking for signs?
I've been looking for reports of lots of sick people without COVID wastewater numbers going up, for instance, but is there anyone at the USDA or CDC looking for such things? You just wouldn't know and it's unclear who would make that call. They're all fine questions that I don't think have great answers.
@PacificNic @Edelruth @NilaJones
I would HOPE, for example, that someone at the CDC has been in contact with, say, dairy farmers, to make sure that any sick people get reported, but, who knows?
