Posted on 05/21/2020 1:56:21 AM PDT by Libloather
(TNS) -- As California hurries to reopen stores, offices, restaurants and more this week, another rush is on behind-the-scenes.
State health officials have launched an unprecedented effort to train thousands of front-line, county-level workers to act as a firewall to stop the coronavirus from roaring back this fall.
Gov. Gavin Newsom calls them his “army of disease detectives.”
Commonly known in the public health world as communicable-disease “contact tracers,” this ad hoc group will serve as community strike teams in each county, working on tight deadlines to stop individual infections from turning into major outbreaks.
When someone tests positive for COVID-19, the tracing team will interview that person, find out who they have been in close contact with, then quickly call each of those people to tell them they have been exposed to the virus and to instruct them to take a coronavirus test. If tests come out positive, individuals will be asked to stay home for two weeks, and the whole cycle begins again. Some counties, though, will simply instruct the person to self-quarantine without taking the test.
It means cold-calling people who may be frightened or distrustful of the government. Some will likely hang up when they hear who’s on the other line.
Health experts say contact tracers, combined with more robust testing, are the necessary one-two punch that will hold the virus at bay as the economy reopens.
(Excerpt) Read more at govtech.com ...
an army of Dem activists.
(excerpts) UCLA extension program Dean Eric Bullard is helping run what he calls a COVID-19 training academy...
The effort is creating what may be the fastest-rising occupation in the state. San Diego County is advertising now for temporary contact tracers, offering $19.50 an hour (the equivalent of $40,000 a year full time). Other counties have issued help wanted ads.
The job could be lucrative in the long run. In Shasta County, a disease specialist at the top end of scale can make up to $70,000. In Sacramento County, a senior communicable disease investigator can make $66,000.
“We see this as a rolling workforce” over the next couple of years, UCLA’s Bullard said...
entire Clinton/Newsom interview below is very creepy.
listen from 7m30s for Clinton’s glee over contact tracing and Newsom’s responses. army to include Newsom’s Conservation Corps, Americorps, Cal Volunteers in the spirit of Sargent Shriver.
Wikipedia: Sargent Shriver
As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he was part of the Kennedy family. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps, Head Start, and other programs as the “architect” of the 1960s “War on Poverty.”...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargent_Shriver
how sweet:
21 Apr: KTVU Fox 2: California launches an ‘army of volunteers’ to capture spirit of generosity
by KTVU staff
(Newsom) said he wanted corral an “army of volunteers” to help each other out during unprecedented tough economic times.
“The happiest people I know are those who volunteer,” he said.
And with that, he unveiled the state’s new Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday and the new website, Californians For All, so that “all those who are healthy” can step up and help...
This story was reported from Oakland, Calif.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/california-launches-an-army-of-volunteers-to-capture-spirit-of-generosity
“It means cold-calling people who may be frightened or distrustful of the government. Some will likely hang up when they hear who’s on the other line.”
If caller ID does not recognize the number on my phone I do not answer.
Soros winks I did my part.
A.K.A.police state.
There was a time this might have helped... that time is past.
Can we assume China made the suggestion? This kind of crap is within their thuggy totalitarian style... and might help them time a second release if they’re as brain-dead as it appears.
This new army of covid traces only speaks Spanish. So if you no cable, no problem.
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