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Unlocking Passive Monitoring’s Massive Potential
The odds of another pandemic happening similar to COVID-19 within the next 60 years is likely. Also, the probability of a pandemic capable of eliminating ALL HUMAN LIFE is expected in the next 12,000 years.
One company is at the forefront of stopping contagious diseases: Gingko Bioworks
As the pandemic and testing efforts evolve while other threats appear, new methods of pathogen collection emerge. Concentric by Gingko is putting an end to nose-swabs!
Passive monitoring is part of the “invisible infrastructure” for biosecurity we are building to run in the background of our lives. It allows us to tap into routine, population-level insights for entire facilities, neighborhoods, or cities. Population-level data could be used to establish baselines so that we can readily identify new surges, emerging variants or pathogens, or other anomalies that may inform public health intervention. The data can also feed the “weather map” for infectious disease we’re striving toward, getting us closer to a robust early warning system.
By sampling directly from the shared environment - wastewater surveillance & air monitoring - Gingko can tap into routine, population-level insights for entire facilities, neighborhoods, or cities. Population-level data could be used to establish a baseline so that we can rapidly identify new surges, emerging variants, pathogens, or other anomalies that may inform public health intervention. The data can feed into a "weather map" for infectious diseases.
Concentric's current live epidemic tracker can be found at:
