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CDC NWSS wastewater viral load

SARS-CoV-2/flu/RSV concentration per sewershed site, normalized

Feed detail
Measures
SARS-CoV-2/flu/RSV concentration per sewershed site, normalized
Source
CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System data API (data.cdc.gov, dataset ID akn2-qxic)
Access
json-api
Cadence
dailyupdates once a day
Thesis
Rising viral load in wastewater leads clinical case counts by 5-10 days, predicting hospital staffing strain and OTC med demand before official case data
Maps to
CLX/hospital staffing names, cold/flu OTC (KVUE, PG), telehealth (TDOC)
Crowdedness
contested
Tier
tA
Ban-risk
ban:none
Where this stands

This is a catalogued data feed with a research idea attached, not a validated edge. Being listed here means it has a specific source and a one-sentence causal mechanism mapped to what it should move — it doesn’t mean it has cleared the five-stage validation gate (point-in-time hygiene, out-of-sample holdout, multiple-testing correction, and the portfolio-layer backstop). As of today, every score on this site is prior-only; zero signals in the catalog have been promoted to “measured” status. See the methodology page for the full validation process and current counts.

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