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It was an inaccurate rant about the UK's response to Covid too. The only part of calling up people with Covid to find their contacts which was contracted out wa
by makomk 5y ago
It was an inaccurate rant about the UK's response to Covid too. The only part of calling up people with Covid to find their contacts which was contracted out was recruiting and employing them, fairly directly by the government, and of course medical professionals weren't used - those were busy giving medical care, and contact tracing was outside their area of expertise anyway. And the big reason it seemed inadequate is that the British press, quite frankly, outright lied about how well contact tracing worked in places like South Korea and about the downsides of their approach, which would not have been at all politically acceptable in the UK.
- ClumsyPilot 5y ago> of course medical professionals weren't used - those were busy giving medical care I have no expertiese myself, but all the literature I have read on contact tracing was very clear that you should not use random people on minimum wage, it recommended retired medical proffeshionals, or people who worked in a related industry, so that they have a basic understading of the subject matter and the questions they are asking. Also private eye reports that there was a wide gap between the skills and wages government thought they were buying, and what was provided at the other end.