What are contact tracers? And how many each state needs to safely reopen

Betsy Ladyzhets of Stacker - “For contact tracing to be successful,” says Dr. Candice Chen, an Associate Professor at George Washington University who works on the Workforce Estimator, “it really has to be a comprehensive approach.” She explains that interviewing patients is only the beginning; for the strategy to be successful, people exposed to COVID-19 must have the space and resources to self-isolate: “If people can’t stay home, in the end, you’re not actually containing anything.” Read full article.