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.
document. “It has information from the scripts you’re supposed to follow, the questions you’re supposed to ask.” Of the 30 people Escobedo spoke to in his first three weeks as a contact tracer, only one refused to answer his questions. “San Francisco has resources,” Welty said. “That is not the case in many jurisdictions,” she added, saying it is particularly hard for undocumented workers to comply if“They’re scared,” said Venus Ginés, founder of the Latino community health organization Dia de la Mujer Latina, which operates in Houston and other cities.
Using cellphone location data or Bluetooth to determine proximity, as has been done successfully in Singapore and South Korea, increases those concerns. “How do citizens know what is actually happening? What data are you collecting, where is it going, how is it used, and when and how is it destroyed?” she asked.
Even when people do comply — in person, on the phone or online — the novel coronavirus is proving to be an exceptionally wily foe.
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