I’ve heard a lot of people talking about contact tracing. What is it, why is it so important, and does this work?
Testing and Contact Tracing
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
A: In sum, contact tracing helps us identify people who have been in close contact with a person infected with the virus by 1) Identifying the contacts; 2) Listing the contacts and recommending self-isolation or quarantine; and 3) Following up with contacts to assess for symptoms of illness. This is critical because it helps limit Read more…
What are feasible ways to track the spread of asymptomatic cases in a community?
Testing and Contact Tracing
Lindsey Leininger, PhD MA
A: Sampling sewage (!) and/or a small number of randomly selected individuals Testing wastewater (aka sewage) is a validated monitoring tool for opioid misuse and antibiotic resistance, and new evidence is demonstrating its effectiveness for detecting the coronavirus. Utah and Ohio are examples of states rolling out individual-level random sampling on a small subset of Read more…
A: In sum, contact tracing helps us identify people who have been in close contact with a person infected with the virus by 1) Identifying the contacts; 2) Listing the contacts and recommending self-isolation or quarantine; and 3) Following up with contacts to assess for symptoms of illness. This is critical because it helps limit Read more…
What are feasible ways to track the spread of asymptomatic cases in a community?
Testing and Contact TracingLindsey Leininger, PhD MA
A: Sampling sewage (!) and/or a small number of randomly selected individuals Testing wastewater (aka sewage) is a validated monitoring tool for opioid misuse and antibiotic resistance, and new evidence is demonstrating its effectiveness for detecting the coronavirus. Utah and Ohio are examples of states rolling out individual-level random sampling on a small subset of Read more…
A: Sampling sewage (!) and/or a small number of randomly selected individuals Testing wastewater (aka sewage) is a validated monitoring tool for opioid misuse and antibiotic resistance, and new evidence is demonstrating its effectiveness for detecting the coronavirus. Utah and Ohio are examples of states rolling out individual-level random sampling on a small subset of Read more…
