Who Wants to Be a Contact Tracer?

To reopen, the U.S. needs to quickly train and deploy thousands of people to track potential Covid-19 infections, because technology alone can't do the job. 

Sarah Holder, May 12, 2020

 It starts with a phone call. You may have been in contact with someone who has coronavirus, a kind-sounding voice tells you: You should self-isolate and get tested for Covid-19, if possible. The caller is careful not to reveal the identity of the infected individual you’ve crossed paths with; if they’re good at their job, they’re sensitive both to your fears and the others’ privacy.

The voice on the line is a contact tracer — a person trained to track down and notify all the people who might have been exposed to coronavirus by someone who’s known to have the infection.

Contact tracing is being pursued as a key part of the global effort to target Covid-19 hot spots, slow the spread of infection, and reopen local economies. Most experts agree that to truly halt the disease, it will take far more widespread testing and, ultimately, an effective vaccine. But by carefully following the movement patterns of the human disease vectors that carry it, jurisdictions hope to be able to target their lockdown measures at individuals who are most at risk, allowing a semblance of normal public life to resume...........To Read More....

My Take  -  The person who sent this to me is from my e-mail group and noted: 

I am not sending this article because I think this is a good idea; I am sending it because many Governors (mine among the foremost) say that we must have fully developed contact tracing programs before opening up again. And so the US becomes Communist China with a snap of the fingers, easy peasy.

 Now with a bit of sarcasm: 

Because it's all about helping people. At least this is a jobs program for all the Gender Studies majors. State job, good pay, great benefits. What's not to like?