Fact check: President Trump says the U.S. is ready to contain COVID-19 with contact tracing. Experts disagree.
out to the 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia to evaluate the country’s contact tracing workforce. According to NPR, 41 states and D.C. responded, revealing a current total of 7,602 contact tracing workers and an expectation for that number to surge to 36,587 overall amid a hiring push.People enjoy the weather near Louis Valentino, Jr. Park and Pier on April 21, 2020 in Brooklyn, N.Y.“It’s not rocket science to do it on an individual basis, the problem is the scale.
Cuomo said he needs a baseline of 6,400 to 17,000 tracers for his state, and outlined a plan to begin building this “tracing army" from existing city and state employees, as well as hiring new people. Logistical issues that come with large-scale tracing aside, both Slavitt and Watson said the federal government would need to put some serious money behind contact tracing, as states are unlikely to be able to foot the bill.signed by the president last week earmarked $11 billion for states' testing and tracing efforts, but Slavitt said the bulk of it would likely be spent on testing.
“We’ve got to get out of this cycle of being behind the pandemic and chasing it and get ahead on it,” Slavitt said. A variety of initiatives and methods are underway in states and cities, highlighting big differences in both budgets and strategy.
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