The CDC Wants to Monitor the Nation’s Poop, Not Everyone Is on Board

The CDC wants to monitor everyone’s poop, but states are not all on board. During the pandemic, state and local health officials were able to detect Covid in their communities before residents developed symptoms and the CDC wants to expand those programs to stay ahead of variants and other viruses too. States would need a widespread buy-in for this to be successful, but may logistical challenges remain. Katherine Foley, healthcare reporter at Politico, joins us for the plan to monitor the nation’s sewage. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com