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In this episode of The Spoondrift, host Asher Leomund discusses a useful (if maybe a slightly unsavory) way to detect the coronavirus using fecal matter.

Here are links to the articles discussed in the show:

“Coronavirus FAQ: Help me with omicron vocab. What's immune evasion? Epistasis?”: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/03/1061219646/coronavirus-faq-help-me-with-omicron-vocab-whats-immune-evasion-epistasis

“Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)”: https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Deoxyribonucleic-Acid

“Poop sleuths hunt for early signs of omicron in sewage”: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/09/1062493635/testing-omicron-in-sewage