Handshakes and happy hours: Can HLTH cause an infectious disease spike? Verily aims to find out
How does a multiday mass gathering affect the local concentration of diseases like COVID-19? | Verily is working with the Las Vegas water treatment agency, water authority and health department to monitor the local wastewater for eight different pathogens. The pilot project was timed around the HLTH conference, with daily testing happening from one week before to one week after. A report on the findings will be available in the coming weeks.