You might want to enroll in contact tracer training, even if you're already employed
I have a full-time job and no plans to leave it, but when Johns Hopkins launched an online course for contact tracers last week, I itched to enroll.
"It's clear to me that this is more than a course," said Emily Gurley, the course's instructor and an associate scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The goal: limiting contact between people who are infected and others to reduce opportunities for the virus to be transmitted further.
The course also alludes to potential pitfalls in the contact tracing system itself, including getting Americans to answer calls from an unknown number, a problem Massachusetts and Michigan health officials are already reporting.In Massachusetts, half of the calls from contact tracers in the state were going unanswered, Gov. Charlie Baker explained at a May 7 news conference.
If individuals have concerns that extend beyond avoiding robocalls, such as being unable to collect a paycheck while quarantined, many health departments can direct them to organizations and resources to help them obtain food, medicine, safe shelter and notes to their employers.
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