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The USA needs to continue to strengthen capacity for #ContactTracing, even as CDC issues new guidance for prioritization with overwhelming numbers of #COVID19 cases. A
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2. Health departments should prioritize contacting people who tested (+) w/in last 6 days, members of their immediate household, elderly and people with health conditions that make them more vulnerable, and people who live or work in congregate settings. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/23/cdc-coronavirus-contact-tracing-439767
3. Officials scale back #ContactTracing in the U.S., saying they cannot keep up. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/25/world/covid-19-coronavirus#officials-scale-back-contact-tracing-efforts-in-the-us-saying-they-cannot-keep-up
4. Southeast #Utah Health Department @seuthealth is responding to so many diagnoses of #COVID19 that it has stopped trying to reach out to known contacts of the people who test positive to tell them to quarantine. https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/local-health-department-suspends-contact-tracing/
5. Other HDs making valiant efforts: Bay Area counties resist CDC call to triage #ContactTracing. Santa Clara, Contra Costa and Alameda continue efforts despite surge in #COVID19 cases. https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/11/27/coronavirus-bay-area-counties-resist-cdc-call-to-triage-contact-tracing/
6. #COVID19 #ContactTracing under stress in #Maine but holding up better than in neighboring states. The Maine CDC has scaled back the scope of investigations, but unlike New Hampshire and other states still thinks the disease is containable. https://www.pressherald.com/2020/11/24/covid-19-contact-tracing-stressed-in-maine-but-holding-up-better-than-neighboring-states/
7. Remarkable natural experimental from Excel error in UK shows the impact of #ContactTracing. Failure of timely contact tracing due to data glitch associated with 125,000+ additional infections and 1,500+ additional deaths (30+% of all deaths) @fetzert https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/research/centres/cage/manage/publications/wp521.2020.pdf
8. Based on detailed patient and #ContactTracing data in Hunan, China, @Fogarty_NIH researchers found that 80% of secondary infections traced back to 15% of SARS-CoV-2 primary infections, indicating substantial transmission heterogeneities. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/11/23/science.abe2424
9. The @ScienceMagazine study highlights consensus stopping #COVID19. Health authorities identified cases by symptoms, then switched to a massive #ContactTracing and isolation program. These efforts shut the outbreak down by early March. https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/what-we-can-learn-from-contact-tracing-an-entire-province/
10. #ContactTracing for #COVID19 also "An Opportunity to Reduce Health Disparities and End the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/AIDS Epidemic in the United States" @CarlosdelRio7 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32339245/
11. @Apple and @Google made their #ContactTracing software easier for states to use by allowing them to harness it without building customized apps. Now, at least 18 states and territories, including DC, MD and VA, have the service in place. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-tool-to-stem-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-sits-in-your-pocket/2020/11/22/27db8340-ed4b-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html
12. San Francisco begins using mobile tech to boost #ContactTracing. Rather than replacing the city's team of contact tracers, the mobile app will act as a force multiplier, allowing them to extend their reach as #COVID19 rates increase @mikereidmd https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-francisco-begins-using-mobile-tech-to-improve-contact-tracing
13. @ewarren introducing an $8 billion relief bill. Provides grants for community-based organizations to conduct #testing and #ContactTracing in communities with higher virus rates or that have historically lacked access to medical care. https://19thnews.org/2020/11/elizabeth-warren-relief-bill/
