Someone explain to me like I am 5 why spend tax dollars on contact tracers

It’s a waste of time and money.

It’s something we don’t need to waste resources on, so naturally the Dems and Media will have the opposite narrative.

Authoritarians want to keep exercising power. It does have a place. For something like std's, there a small number of people you would have to track through, so it is helpful there. For something like covid, the incubation period is so long and the number of people someone encounters through that period make it completely impractical to try to sift through. It would probably be more effective to just randomly select people to test (voluntarily of course).

LA is doing it because JBE loves every public program he can get his hands on, plus he's trying to reach the spending minimum needed to get the max federal reimbursement

The number of infected is why I think it’s a waste of time. Too many people carry the virus and they’ll come into contact with too many people over the incubation period.

It would make sense if this was a less virulent disease, and if it was deadlier.

Because what’s the point? You’re trying to stop the disease from spreading? That only makes sense if you can contain it. And Covid isn’t one you can contain.

quote:

---

Too many people carry the virus and they’ll come into contact with too many people over the incubation period.

---

Close contact in five days? How many people are you within 6 feet for >15 minutes consecutively? It’s usually going to end up being family, close friends and co-workers. Unless you’re riding public transportation.

another level of control over people and excuse to waste money that they get kick backs on for spending

Shouldn't is the best answer. It only works as well as the accuracy and willingness of the information that the infected are willing and able to volunteer. Unless of course we do like the countries where it was actually effective and go right around voluntariness and willingness and accuracy of info from infected, and whether they like it or not tap into the private/personal lives of infected by seizing phone location data and credit/debit card purchase history info.

Because Karen demands it

quote:

---

Big gov wants to know who interacts with who, and this is the most convenient excuse they’ve had.

---

fricking bingo.

Anyone who thinks the government or the app company they'd contract would limit their data mining to just health concerns is the worst type of naive frick in existence today.

Also, it's telling that the people most in favor of this nonsense are the ones who'll turn around and claim Trump is a fascist dictator seeking total control.

FFS