But many states have not hired and trained enough people to do the job of tracking infections.
from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security estimated 100,000 new hires will be needed to trace all contacts, safely isolate the sick, and quarantine those exposed, at a cost of $3.6 billion.
But several people who, like Chavez, work with immigrant groups said people have grown more willing to respond to contact tracers as the virus has sickened more of the population, giving them concerns about infecting their own family members.
far easier when resources are available to provide food and help with other out-of-pocket payments during the 14-day period.Welty described a conversation with a pastor whose wife had tested positive. When the pastor explained he did not want his congregation to know and so did not want members to bring them food during their isolation period, Welty was able to refer them to SNAP, the food supplement program.
Using cellphone location data or Bluetooth to determine proximity, as has been done successfully in Singapore and South Korea, increases those concerns. Not everyone owns a smartphone. And many experts say conversations with a contact tracer are preferable for other reasons, too. When a disease so disproportionately affects marginalized populations, it’s important to build trust, said Joia Mukherjee, chief medical officer of the international medical nonprofit Partners in Health, which works with the Massachusetts contact-tracing program, as well as numerous vulnerable communities across the country.
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