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N.Y.C. Hired 3,000 Workers for Contact Tracing. It’s Not Going Well.
Posted on 6/21/20 at 9:19 am
Posted on 6/21/20 at 9:19 am
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The city has hired 3,000 disease detectives and case monitors, who are supposed to identify anyone who has come into contact with the hundreds of people who are still testing positive for the virus in the city every day. But the first statistics from the program, which began on June 1, indicate that tracers are often unable to locate infected people or gather information from them.
Only 35 percent of the 5,347 city residents who tested positive or were presumed positive for Covid-19 in the program’s first two weeks gave information about close contacts to tracers, the city said in releasing the first statistics.
In Massachusetts, which has one of the most established tracing programs in the country, health officials said in May that only about 60 percent of infected patients were picking up the phone. In Louisiana, less than half were answering. In England, the program has struggled to show results with a low-paid, inexperienced work force.
The city has hired 3,000 disease detectives and case monitors, who are supposed to identify anyone who has come into contact with the hundreds of people who are still testing positive for the virus in the city every day. But the first statistics from the program, which began on June 1, indicate that tracers are often unable to locate infected people or gather information from them.
Only 35 percent of the 5,347 city residents who tested positive or were presumed positive for Covid-19 in the program’s first two weeks gave information about close contacts to tracers, the city said in releasing the first statistics.
In Massachusetts, which has one of the most established tracing programs in the country, health officials said in May that only about 60 percent of infected patients were picking up the phone. In Louisiana, less than half were answering. In England, the program has struggled to show results with a low-paid, inexperienced work force.
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Posted on 6/21/20 at 9:21 am to DavidTheGnome
I can image that people would love to share personal information on who they are in contact with and their heath status during 2020’s cancel culture.
Posted on 6/21/20 at 9:23 am to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 6/21/20 at 9:27 am to DavidTheGnome
And this was going to be the grand solution to the Covid crisis. If we could just do enough testing and then contact trace we could isolate and eradicate the virus. Not so much I guess.
With the demographics of the people who are getting this in Alabama, I can't even imagine being a contact tracer trying to run down some of these people. And even if you succeed in reaching an infected person finding out that they spent the last few days at a couple of BBQs with 200+ people.
With the demographics of the people who are getting this in Alabama, I can't even imagine being a contact tracer trying to run down some of these people. And even if you succeed in reaching an infected person finding out that they spent the last few days at a couple of BBQs with 200+ people.
Posted on 6/21/20 at 9:30 am to DavidTheGnome
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The tracers are seeking the names and phone numbers of each person a confirmed-positive patient has been in close contact with from a few days before the onset of symptoms, defined as within six feet for at least 15 minutes.
Sweet, I can leave off the chick I banged for only 11 minutes. She's clear.
Posted on 6/21/20 at 9:42 am to DavidTheGnome
You know all they need now is a GPS tracking chip to tell where people are, filled with their personal information so they can be tracked and quarantined “for the good of us all”
Don’t think this isn’t coming.
Don’t think this isn’t coming.
Posted on 6/21/20 at 9:44 am to PrivatePublic
quote:Reverse Cowgirl: The official position of COVID-19
Sweet, I can leave off the chick I banged for only 11 minutes. She's clear.
Me after a positive COVID test-
(Phone rings, random unknown Area Code)
“Hello Mister Füt. My name is Soledad Shesquintia McBride with the Louisiana Department of Hospitals & Health. I was given your contact information from the testing authority with regard to your recent positive COVID-19 test. I was wondering if you could answer some questions regarding your recent personal contact history to allow us to be able to track and mitigate the spread of this virus?”
CLICK
Posted on 6/21/20 at 10:00 am to Mike da Tigah
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You know all they need now is a GPS tracking chip to tell where people are, filled with their personal information
It’s already here. That little smart box in your pocket. New iOS software has a Covid tracker option - not that you were not being tracked before.
Posted on 6/21/20 at 10:05 am to DavidTheGnome
I am Ted Underhill when asked for my personal info. Fake number too.
Posted on 6/21/20 at 10:06 am to DavidTheGnome
Contact tracing works for STDs, not diseases that can spread via air droplets and surfaces. It’s foolisn that this was even attempted for CV-19.
Posted on 6/21/20 at 10:06 am to DavidTheGnome
I always give my name as "Richard Longstroke"
225 867-5309
225 867-5309
Posted on 6/21/20 at 10:30 am to DavidTheGnome
I don't want those people calling me. I rarely answer the phone when I don't know the caller and would make no exception for this.
Posted on 6/21/20 at 10:32 am to DavidTheGnome
People in NY are too worried about not getting shot or raped right now instead of this crap.
Crime has seen a serious rise. Its insane.
Crime has seen a serious rise. Its insane.
Posted on 6/21/20 at 10:41 am to Demshoes
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I am Ted Underhill when asked for my personal info. Fake number too.
You should give whomever asks for your information each $20.
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