Fogdog
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Beautiful day here in Oregon. The lockdown has driven down the epidemic in this state to the point where we can go out and enjoy some of this weather. A survey in Corvallis that is run using Oregon State University labs to test local population for the virus is half-way done and we'll have results in another week or so.
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Corvallis door-to-door coronavirus testing project enters second weekend
The Corvallis School Board chair was one of the first people to be tested for the coronavirus through the TRACE-COVID-19 study, which began last weekend. The project — the acronym stands for team-based rapid assessment of community-level coronavirus epidemics — aims to test 4,000 randomly chosen Corvallis residents by going door to door each weekend for four weeks.
The study is a collaboration among Oregon State University, the Benton County Health Department and the Willamette Valley Toxicology Lab. In total, the TRACE project has around 100 people throughout the university system involved, plus health department staff and WVT lab researchers.
TRACE’s results would paint a broader picture of how many locals have been exposed to the virus.
“I was really happy to participate,” Al-AbdRabbuh said. “It was all self-administered.”
Staffers are maintaining a safe distance from people’s front doors. The testing teams — one local health professional and one OSU student — provide participating households with study information and test kits containing nasal swabs for each resident taking part in the project.
Note that this is a survey for active Coronavirus cases, not a serological survey for presence of antibodies. It's part of an orderly and logical process where we take small steps toward relaxing lockdown orders while monitoring results along the way.
There were no deaths in Oregon for two days running. The gov is announcing reduced lockdown orders. The people in my area have been complying and we are seeing the benefit.
The garden is starting to show bare spots and I'm re-planting summer vegetables. Tomatoes go into the ground today, basil and eggplant in a couple more weeks. The kids have shown my lack of planning because the garden can't keep up with us. Time to add more garden beds and put those walking appetites to work weeding them.
Corvallis door-to-door coronavirus testing project enters second weekend
The project — short for Team-based Rapid Assessment of Community-level coronavirus Epidemics — aims to test 4,000 randomly-chosen city residents by going door-to-door each weekend for four weeks.
Corvallis door-to-door coronavirus testing project enters second weekend
The Corvallis School Board chair was one of the first people to be tested for the coronavirus through the TRACE-COVID-19 study, which began last weekend. The project — the acronym stands for team-based rapid assessment of community-level coronavirus epidemics — aims to test 4,000 randomly chosen Corvallis residents by going door to door each weekend for four weeks.
The study is a collaboration among Oregon State University, the Benton County Health Department and the Willamette Valley Toxicology Lab. In total, the TRACE project has around 100 people throughout the university system involved, plus health department staff and WVT lab researchers.
TRACE’s results would paint a broader picture of how many locals have been exposed to the virus.
“I was really happy to participate,” Al-AbdRabbuh said. “It was all self-administered.”
Staffers are maintaining a safe distance from people’s front doors. The testing teams — one local health professional and one OSU student — provide participating households with study information and test kits containing nasal swabs for each resident taking part in the project.
Note that this is a survey for active Coronavirus cases, not a serological survey for presence of antibodies. It's part of an orderly and logical process where we take small steps toward relaxing lockdown orders while monitoring results along the way.
There were no deaths in Oregon for two days running. The gov is announcing reduced lockdown orders. The people in my area have been complying and we are seeing the benefit.
The garden is starting to show bare spots and I'm re-planting summer vegetables. Tomatoes go into the ground today, basil and eggplant in a couple more weeks. The kids have shown my lack of planning because the garden can't keep up with us. Time to add more garden beds and put those walking appetites to work weeding them.
