“To find out where the covid pandemic is headed, look here: The sewer”

David Larsen, associate professor of public health in the Falk College, was quoted in The Washington Post story David Larsen, associate professor of public health in the Falk College, was quoted in The Washington Post story “To find out where the covid pandemic is headed, look here: The sewer.” Larsen, who led the University’s wastewater testing efforts, explained that this type of monitoring system could have helped provide reassurance to smaller communities affected by the pandemic in its earliest days. “If we had this system in place back then, they could have stayed open for at least a little while longer,” Larsen said.