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Getting Ahead of COVID-19: How Contact Tracers Can Help Curb the Spread

Getting Ahead of COVID-19: How Contact Tracers Can Help Curb the Spread
I바카라 게임 웹사이트™M SOLEDAD O바카라 게임 웹사이트™BRIEN. WELCOME TO "MATTER OF FACT." SEVEN MONTHS INTO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, WHAT DO WE KNOW? ACCORDING TO NEW DATA FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S. WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS COULD BE 6 TO 24 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED CASES. HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? ABOUT 40% OF INFECTED PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE SYMPTOMS, BUT THEY CAN AND DO PASS THE VIRUS TO OTHERS, MANY WHO NEVER SEEK A TEST. BUT THE CURRENT SURGE IS STRAINING OUR TESTING SYSTEM. LABS ARE OVERWHELMED, AND IN SOME PLACES, IT CAN TAKE 4-7 DAYS TO GET RESULTS. A POSITIVE RESULT TRIGGERS THE WORK OF CONTACT TRACERS, WHO WORK AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. THEIR JOB IS TO CONTACT THOSE EXPOSED AND HELP THEM ISOLATE. MEET CONTACT TRACER, SIVANTHY VASANTHAN, WHO SAYS HER GOALS ARE TO STOP THE SPREAD, AND CALM THE FEAR. MY NAME IS SIVANTHY VASANTHAN, I AM A REMOTE CONTACT TRACER AND I바카라 게임 웹사이트™M BASED IN NEW YORK CITY. CONTACT TRACING IS ONE OF THE FEW TOOLS THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE TO STOP WIDESPREAD CASES IN AN EPIDEMIC OR A PANDEMIC MUCH LIKE COVID-19, BECAUSE THE MORE PEOPLE LIKE I AND OTHER TRACERS ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AS BEING SICK, WE CAN PREVENTATIVELY TELL OTHER PEOPLE SO THAT THEY ARE GETTING TESTED EARLIER ON AND WE ARE THEN STOPPING THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE. THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF CONTACTS. ONE DEFINITION THAT WE HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY USING IS ANYONE THAT YOU HAVE HAD CLOSE CONTACT OR BEEN WITH FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES AND LESS THAN SIX FEET APART. WHEN I CALL SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A CONTACT OF SOMEONE WITH COVID-19, MANY TIMES, THEY IMMEDIATELY WANT TO KNOW WHO. AND WE DON바카라 게임 웹사이트™T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, AND I ALSO I바카라 게임 웹사이트™M NOT ALLOWED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION, SO I바카라 게임 웹사이트™LL OFTEN SAY YOU WERE JUST IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY WHO WAS KNOWN TO HAVE COVID-19. SO I THINK AT THAT POINT, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING, BECAUSE MANY CONTACTS EXPRESSED FEAR AND PARANOIA, AND I DO HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE TELLING YOUR CONTACTS, SAYING, "HEY, I TESTED FOR COVID THIS DAY AND I KNOW WE HUNG OUT TWO DAYS AGO, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW SO THAT YOU COULD GET TESTED AND SO YOU COULD WATCH FOR SYMPTOMS," I THINK THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트™S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS WELL, BUT I ALSO COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE FEELINGS OF FEAR AND SHAME AND GUILT THAT FOLKS MIGHT BE HAVING IN MAKING THOSE CALLS, WHICH IS WHY IT바카라 게임 웹사이트™S IMPORTANT THAT CONTACT TRACERS LIKE ME MAKE THOSE CALLS OURS
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Getting Ahead of COVID-19: How Contact Tracers Can Help Curb the Spread
As the United States now passes 4 million reported coronavirus cases, new data shows it could be much worse than we thought. The CDC is now saying the actual number of people infected with COVID-19 could be 6 to 24 times higher than the confirmed number of cases. Part of the reason is because about 40 percent of those infected are asymptomatic. So, while many are never tested, they바카라 게임 웹사이트™re still infecting others. Meanwhile, testing labs are overwhelmed, sometimes taking up to two weeks to send results to confirmed patients. In an effort to get ahead of the virus, contact tracers like Sivnathy Vasanthan are working around the clock to tell people when they바카라 게임 웹사이트™ve been exposed.

As the United States now passes 4 million reported coronavirus cases, new data shows it could be much worse than we thought. The CDC is now saying the actual number of people infected with COVID-19 could be 6 to 24 times higher than the confirmed number of cases. Part of the reason is because about 40 percent of those infected are asymptomatic. So, while many are never tested, they바카라 게임 웹사이트™re still infecting others. Meanwhile, testing labs are overwhelmed, sometimes taking up to two weeks to send results to confirmed patients. In an effort to get ahead of the virus, contact tracers like Sivnathy Vasanthan are working around the clock to tell people when they바카라 게임 웹사이트™ve been exposed.

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