The integral role genomics played in combating the COVID-19 pandemic brought this field to the forefront of the public’s mind as new variants were continually announced. Genomics enabled near real-time monitoring of the spread of the virus as well as estimating vaccine efficacy. As home tests have supplanted surveillance testing, decreasing access to virus samples, public health officials are turning to wastewater genomic sequencing to monitor the spread of new variants. Wastewater surveillance methods will continue long term and have the potential to combat future pandemics with the experience and infrastructure gained from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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