Texas needs to at least triple its number of contact tracers, according to one research model

William Joy of WFAA - FORT WORTH, Texas — Two months into reopening, Texas needs help. In fact, it needs thousands of helpers. At least that’s what Edward Salsberg thinks. Salsberg is a senior researcher at The Mullan Institute at George Washington University and helped build a model to figure out how many contact tracers states need to track COVID-19. “People want to get back to being social,” he said. “That’s when you need the contact tracers the most.” Read More.