Contact Tracing, a Key Way to Slow COVID-19, Is Badly Underused by the U.S.

Christie Aschwanden of Scientific America -  Despite tracing’s success in other countries, the U.S. government has failed to adequately fund or apply the tool. There is no coronavirus vaccine. Medications for COVID-19 are still being tested. Across the U.S., states that once acted as if the pandemic was going away are setting new daily records for infections, hospitalizations and deaths. There is one proved tool that has helped other countries stem the pandemic. But in the U.S. it is severely underused; the Trump administration tried to cut financing for it from the latest pandemic relief bill, reports this week say. And it often meets resistance from the people it is intended to help. The tool is called contact tracing. Read More.