id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-322837-tqgwgvo0 Gable, Lance Legal and Ethical Implications of Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 Monitoring for COVID-19 Surveillance 2020-06-24 .txt text/plain 1909 104 47 Even if reliability and efficacy are established, limits on sample and data collection, use, and sharing, must also be considered to prevent undermining privacy and autonomy in order to implement these public health strategies consistent with legal and ethical considerations. The proposed use of wastewater screening to detect SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA has the potential to greatly enhance our technical capabilities to identify, track, pinpoint, and quantify 32 Second, public health authorities could use this information to justify increased testing among people living in homes or working at sites close to where the virus has been found in wastewater, or to implement neighborhood-wide screening programs in these areas. Wastewater screening for SARS-CoV-2 could provide an important tool to detect new outbreaks of COVID-19 and to target resources to intervene to stop the spread of the disease; however, scientific research must establish the efficacy of such testing in identifying communitybased COVID-19 infections before its use can be considered as the basis for public policy. ./cache/cord-322837-tqgwgvo0.txt ./txt/cord-322837-tqgwgvo0.txt