Many new words have been added to our vocabularies since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. in March. Words like “social distancing,” “quarantine,” and “self-isolation” are tossed around every day now.
One phrase you may have heard is “contact tracing.” I decided to write this post to give a basic overview of contact tracing. Part of the effort is to educate myself, and another part is to provide some facts about a prevalent public health strategy that has been the target of misinformation.
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