We literally need an army of people involved in contact tracing. This article explains why.
'We need an army': Hiring of coronavirus trackers seen as key to curbing disease spread
“We need an army of 300,000 people” to find the contacts of people infected with the #coronavirus, said former CDC director Tom Frieden.www.statnews.com
Combined with more widespread testing, contact tracing is seen as an essential part of the strategy for keeping the coronavirus in check after the first wave recedes and the economy reopens. But the work is highly labor-intensive, and public health departments across the U.S. have been woefully underfunded for years.
“This is going to test the capacity of the existing public health system,” said Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. “I don’t know if we have enough staff in public health departments to do that.”
I really think that should have been done from the start. But is it not too late at this point? Is it not the case that the infection is too widespread? (I mean, I don't know, I'm no public health expert, I just thought all our governments in the West were being way too complacent right from the start).