Letter

Excerpt: “We share your concerns about the unprecedented convergence of two highly contagious respiratory viruses that can cause life-threatening illness and death. Experts have noted that, in the upcoming influenza season, there could potentially be 100 million cases of influenza-like symptoms that could overwhelm current testing capacity. Health experts also note ‘the stress on hospitals will be greatest if the COVID-19 and influenza epidemics overlap and peak around the same time,’” said Walden, Burgess, and Guthrie.

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Excerpt: “Wastewater surveillance can serve as a surveillance tool which does not require additional COVID-19 diagnostic testing to be performed, and therefore helps to preserve much needed diagnostic testing supplies. In addition to preserving testing supplies, such information could also help the health care system forecast where there may be an increased need for medical supplies, such as testing supplies or personal protective equipment for health care workers; hospital beds; or medications being used to treat COVID-19 patients. In addition, such information could help those who are performing clinical...

Excerpt from letter: “There appears to be a connection between the proliferation of online e-commerce and third-party marketplace platforms and the increase in counterfeit sales. OECD reports that ‘E-commerce platforms represent ideal storefronts for counterfeits and provide powerful platform for counterfeiters.’ Additionally, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that e-commerce has ‘contributed to a shift in the sale of counterfeit goods with…counterfeiters producing a wider variety of goods that may be sold on websites alongside authentic products.’ Unsurprisingly, China is a significant threat when it comes to counterfeit...

Excerpt from letter: “There appears to be a connection between the proliferation of online e-commerce and third-party marketplace platforms and the increase in counterfeit sales. OECD reports that ‘E-commerce platforms represent ideal storefronts for counterfeits and provide powerful platform for counterfeiters.’ Additionally, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that e-commerce has ‘contributed to a shift in the sale of counterfeit goods with…counterfeiters producing a wider variety of goods that may be sold on websites alongside authentic products.’ Unsurprisingly, China is a significant threat when it comes to counterfeit...