Forbes April 29, 2020
TOPLINE
As states begin reopening across the U.S., health experts have urged government officials to quickly implement contact tracing—the process of identifying and notifying people who have come in contact with a COVID-positive individual—though many states are reportedly understaffed and ill-prepared for this effort.
KEY FACTS
Key Background
Contact tracing is at best a work in progress, and at worst insufficient, in the United States. An NPR survey of all 50 states’ contract tracing efforts found that only North Dakota has a sufficient number of contact tracers. The report states that 30 workers are needed per 100,000 inhabitants, and on, average, each state has only 7,602 workers.
There has also been controversy over surveillance and use of data for...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor