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COVID surges exist in many states; vaccines advised

by Kate Evans

Many states across the country are experiencing a summer surge of COVID-19, including Western states such as Texas and California and some Eastern states like Florida and North Carolina that are showing very high levels of the virus.

Nationally, wastewater viral activity from COVID is very high as of August 10, the CDC reports. Wastewater can be tested to detect traces of infectious diseases moving around in a population, even if illnesses…