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Today at 9AM ET, the @COVIDOversight Cmte hears testimony from Dr. Fauci, Admr. Giroir & CDC dir. Redfield on the need for an effective national strategy on Covid-19.
I will live-tweet. Join me!
I will live-tweet. Join me!
Some notes on what we can expect to hear today:
•As of 7/23, CDC has obligated $12.1 billion toward contact tracing
•100k tracers needed acc. to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Study
•Health dept surveys show 37k are currently in place https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7011159-National-Plan-to-Enable-Contact-Tracing.html
•As of 7/23, CDC has obligated $12.1 billion toward contact tracing
•100k tracers needed acc. to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Study
•Health dept surveys show 37k are currently in place https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7011159-National-Plan-to-Enable-Contact-Tracing.html
Critics of contact tracing say it less effective at this point because of the exploding daily case & asymptomatic rates which make tracking more prohibitive outright. It is kind of like trying to outrun an avalanche.
Proponents of contact tracing say it is still an effective way to monitor burgeoning flare-ups in communities and not just today, but in the weeks, months and years ahead.
CDC race data collection ticked up from 21% in April to 59% in July; ethnicity data collection through CDC jumped from 18%o 50% during the same time.
According to Redfield, the initial Covid-19 case report form incl. Qs for sex/age/race/ethnicity & if the case is part of a recognized outbreak. The revised form includes more variables, incl. for tribal nations at higher risk for severe illness, homelessness, disability
Check out the live stream today here: https://twitter.com/COVIDOversight/status/1289175073782259712?s=19
