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Contact tracing in the Covid context has worked horribly everywhere in the US, as far as I know, outside of more or less defined communities where penalties cou
by _jal 4y ago
Contact tracing in the Covid context has worked horribly everywhere in the US, as far as I know, outside of more or less defined communities where penalties could attach. And even there is mostly failed when they didn't.
Did I miss an instance where it worked well enough to be worth the effort?
Add in the fact that the gay community has reasons to be less than thrilled with medical disclosure of this sort and I'm not the least bit surprised.
- georgeburdell 4y agoThe CDC is still recommending contact tracing (for Covid), so I imagine they have data to back up its employment.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoOr they simply don't want to relinquish whatever funding they may have been allocated for contact tracing, or may receive in the future. Don't trust government agencies to tell you what they need, they'll always ask for a Moon mission.
- xienze 4y ago> Contact tracing in the Covid context has worked horribly everywhere in the US Well yeah, it’s hard to recall the dozens or hundreds of people you may have interacted with over the course of days or weeks. It is however much easier to contract trace sexual partners, unless of course you’re engaging in repeated anonymous sexual encounters...