Posted on 05/11/2020 10:16:30 AM PDT by Uncle Sham
Today, Governor John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Health outlined a plan for COVID-19 testing and tracking that would hire as many as 700 Louisianans to serve as contact tracers, interviewing and advising people who have tested positive to determine who in their lives could also be at risk.
This week, LDH signed a contract with Accenture and Salesforce to manage Louisianas contact tracing process, using two Louisiana-based call centers with 100 percent Louisiana agents. The training for these contact tracers will be managed by LSUs Stephenson Disaster Management Institute. While hiring will be statewide the initial locations for the call centers are based in the Lafayette and New Orleans areas.
As we fight to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana, it is vitally important that we put Louisianans to work on solving the problem. Contact tracing is key part of our strategy for moving the state forward, as it will allow us to determine who has been exposed and is at the highest risk for becoming sick, get them tested and keep them isolated from others, Gov. Edwards said. We are also working with the Louisiana Workforce Commission and other statewide partners helping to connect Louisianans with jobs. These 250 agents are just the beginning. We will continue to add additional team members and this system will allow us to build up to 700 agents in four weeks if needed, and will expand as needed.
(Excerpt) Read more at gov.louisiana.gov ...
Bel Edwards is a democrap POS, Louisiana would be better off with Edwin Edwards, although he is a democrap and went to prison he would still be a better governor.
They will all be named “karen”.
New Secret Police being formed, they will be given extraordinary police powers. Don’t cooperate with them.
They will morph into Democrat campaign workers/community organizers. (I would think it’s illegal since their income is from the gov, but laws never stopped a rat.)
ID them all, put all on a national list.
Obama’s “Civilian National Security Force” at last!
Remember The One saying this?
I bet alot of these workers will just say they went to someones house and make it up.
I believe I read that funding the snitches is going to mean allocating $100,000,000 to this bill.
And they can remove anyone, including children, from a home to “protect” them.
This virus doesn’t warrant these losses of freedom.
Good point!
Yep, contact tracers, the new DMV.
Yeah where you can register to vote. I bet this has something to do with getting info from you to create fake ballots.
This virus doesnt warrant these losses of freedom.
This signals to me that they plan to release an even deadlier virus next year to justify these extreme measures. This is their practice run.
We already have a $838-million hole in our budget so what is another few million? John Bel Edwards is doing exactly what Democrats do. He might send the trackers to the abortion that he allowed to remain open as a starter. His pro-life posture is as fake as his loyalty to his West Point code of conduct.
No one is required to talk to these fascists. They will claim the governor has the power to compel testimony because he said the magic incantation, “State of Emergency”, but I think this will not end well.
I AM NEAR 80yrs OLD AND I WILL MAKE IT KNOWN NOW- I WILL NOT BE TESTED NOR TRACED.S0 THAT LIBERAL GOVERNOR CAN TAKE HIS TESTING SCHEME AND SHOVE IT WHERE THE SUN DON’T SHINE. HE IS DOING HIS BEST TO KILL THIS STATE JUST TO SHOW HE CAN. WHY SHOULD HE AND THE OTHER WORTHLESS IDIOTS IN BATON ROUGE BE PAID WHILE EVERYPONE ELSE SUFFERS.
This fascist crapola needs to be resisted and undermined. What absolute BS. If someone is so afraid of being at “risk”...stay in your home and shut up. The rest of are Free Citizens .
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